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OC Commissioners pass Scofflaw Program

David Ball For e Record

Residents best pay up any outstanding fines and fees if they want to renew their vehicle registration. e Orange County Commissioners Court approved implementing the Texas Scofflaw Program at their regular meeting on the afternoon of June 29. e program allows a county tax assessor-collector to reject the renewal of a vehicle registration from a customer who has outstanding fines and fees. e tax office will be with the four Justice of the Peace courts in the collection of these offenses.

Lynda Gunstream, Orange County tax assessor-collector, said the program goes into effect on August 1. e commissioners also ap-

proved increasing life insurance benefits for active employees and eligible retired employees.

Minnie Hightower, Human Resource director, said active currently have employees $15,000 in life insurance benefits and eligible retirees have $5,000 in life insurance benefits. e court approved raising those amounts to $20,000 and $10,000 respectively.

County Judge Brint Carlton estimated it would cost the county $4,000 to make the transition. e pay matrix was adjusted for an environmental health and code compliance employee with more than 15 years of experience to be paid at that level.

Joel Ardoin with the department said the employee has 23 years experience in another

Finley murder still unsolved No arrest 13 years later

Debbie Schamber For e Record Dannarriah Finley would have been 17 on her birthday July 22, but her life was taken from her when she was just 4 years old.

Orange County still mourns the loss of a little girl who was taken from her home on July 4, 2002.

Her lifeless body found four days later near the water’s edge in a remote part of Pleasure Island in Port Arthur.

All that remains of the young girl’s life is memories and a few belongings. Her gravesite marks the place where her tiny body was buried. Among the pine needles is a faded photo of her during happier times and some tattered, sun-bleached artificial flowers . e house where she once lived was destroyed in 2005 during Hurricane Rita when a tree fell through it. Since then the city of Orange has removed the remains of the place she once called home.

As the nation was preparing to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, Dannarriah’s killer had plans of their own and had taken her from her bed late that night.

Jamie Arnold, Dannarriah’s mother, reported her missing from their residence located in the 1000 block of 4th Street.

Arnold told investigators she had last seen her daughter asleep at 4 a.m. in a white floral shirt and

One of the last photos of Dinnarriah Finley.

purple shorts. When she awoke at about 10 a.m., her daughter was nowhere to be found.

Arnold told the officers it was not uncommon for her to leave the front door unlocked at night because her mother often came by the house. Once the news was out, the city was flooded with volunteers to help search for the 4-year-old girl with the shy smile and long braids. Some volunteers brought helicopters and horses. But it was a pipeline inspector on July 8th who discovered the body.

Everyone held their breath while they waited for autopsy result. Their worst fears came true when it was determined the body was indeed Dannarriah’s even though she was 27 miles

county and has been working in Orange County for less than a year. He added money is in the budget to cover the expense. e affiliation agreement between Lamar State College-Orange on behalf of the Department of Nursing and the Orange County Jail was renewed. e agreement allows student to conduct their educational

studies in clinical nursing at the jail in the infirmary.

Sheriff Keith Merritt said a renewal is done every year. e program is at no cost to the county and sometimes as many as four nurses work in the infirmary. He added it’s a win-win for both parties and the nurses are neither paid or employed by the county. e court approved a bond for

$140,000 to provide the county a means to repair any damage to roadways and ditches that may result from the installation of pipelines under the county right of ways on Little Cypress Road, Burton Road, Old Highway 90, Oilla Road and Japanese Lane.

John Banken, Precinct 3 commissioner, asked Clark Slacum, county engineer, if the county could hold the bond long enough

that the roads do not “fall apart.”

Banken added companies have money built-in to redo roads and he doesn’t want taxpayers to pay.

Douglas Manning, assistant county attorney, said in the past the county has held bonds and allowed the county engineer to inspect roads before releasing the bond.

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Bridge City turns 45 David Ball and Mark Dunn For e Record

e United States of America isn’t the only one celebrating a birthday in July. e city of Bridge City will be observing its anniversary when it came into existence on July 7, 1970. ough the city has been around for more than four decades, the last 10 years may have been the most eventful according to Mayor Kirk Roccaforte. “  e r e ’s been a lot of ROCCAFORTE trying times the last 10 years,” he said. “I became mayor eight years ago. Hurricane Ike hit seven years ago in 2008.”

Roccaforte said in spite of Bridge City being devastated by the hurricane, the city has bounded back really well.

“Bridge City is rolling along real well. It’s on the rise; on the increase,” he said. is was the first time the city of nearly 9,000 residents had flooded. Roccaforte pointed out other portions of the Golden Triangle have also flooded and have come back. “e Groves area once flooded and it didn’t deter their growth,” Roccaforte said.

Follwing Ike, the city began rebuilding its infrastructure and the citizens did an “excellent job” in coming back, keeping Bridge City a “very special place,” he said. e city has been hardening its facilities, placing generators in strategic places to keep the lights running so that electricity won’t be lost in emergency situations.

Nearly all the streets were

Preston “Red” Wood at his desk as Bridge City’s first mayor in 1970.

C.W. “Bubba” Hubbard recalled the founding of Bridge City in an interview with The Record prior to his death in 2005.

RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn under water and since most have been repaired.

“We have rebuilt 98 percents of our roads,” Roccaforte said.

“We’ve done quite a bit of infra-

structure for wastewater. e sewer plant has been rebuilt and projects are still going on.”

Another project the city continues to work on is appealing

recent FEMA flood elevation maps. Roccaforte said the city has been successful with a coalition of other governmental enti-

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BC down to few dilapidated structures David Ball For e Record

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And then there were four.

Following Hurricane Ike the city of Bridge City had nearly 100 vacant and uninhabitable houses in the city, according to City Manager Jerry Jones. Now they’re down to four.

“After the storm, we had a group of prisoners on a work program,” he said.

“We had a Gradall (heavy equipment machine) attached with grapples. If a house was not livable, we would tear it down and clean up the lot. We had almost 100 of these.”

Jones said the work program stopped after no more inmates were available. e remaining four will be torn down in the next few weeks and then the program will end.

One of the first on the list is one on Beverly Street. Some concerned residents who live next to the abandoned property brought it to the city council’s attention

at their last meeting in mid-June. “ese houses need to be taken down.

We’ll have a crew with a Gradall. Before (with the prisoner work program) there was no charge, but there will be a charge this time for the dumpster clean-up fee,” Jones said.

Jones said the city has a dilapidated structures ordinance on the books which encourages owners to tear down the substandard structures or to fix them up or face charges.

“We try to work things out. Clarence (Philpott), our building inspector, sends out letters,” he said. “ere’s just a few to comply with. e majority are down.”

After Ike, the city had a line item in the budget to demolish the structures. e only cost was for the dumpsters with Republic Services.

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This house on Beverly Street in Bridge City is one of the few remaining vacant and uninhabitable houses in the city and slated to soon be torn down. City Manager Jerry Jones said after Hurricane Ike there were nearly 100 structures such as this one that has been narrowed down to four. Those four will also be razed in the near future. RECORD PHOTO: David Ball

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ties in contesting the elevation levels.

Another bonus for the city was pasaage of the Biggerts-Water Act that extends the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for five years, while requiring significant program reform.

A levee study for all of Orange County has been completed with the possibility a protective levee will be built, working through the state and federal governments.

“My proudest accomplishment is to the citizens of Bridge City. All of the credit goes to them and our city employees,” he said. “It’s a great city. e business district is growing strong and steadily. I hope it continues.”

He added businesses and its citizens keep the city healthy. Another attractive point for the city is the Bridge City Independent School District.

“We’re proud to be a part of that,” he said. e beginnings of Bridge City Caught in the crossfire of annexation a community conscious group of citizens in 1970 initiated a movement to incorporate the town of Bridge City. Forty-four years ago on July 7, marks the anniversary of their success, according to a prior Record article.

By the late 1960’s the town of Bridge City’s young infrastructure had taken root. In a healthy economic environment the thriving community boasted a Class 3A State Football Championship, a Chamber of Commerce, a Little League, a hometown newspaper called the Penny Record and about 6,000 inhabitants.

Port Arthur and Orange became embroiled in legal squabbles that centered primarily over tax revenue generated by the Gulf States Utility Company located near the town. e two municipalities made atrocious land claims. In 1959 Port Arthur claimed territory on the eastern shore of the Neches River in Orange County strategically taking in the Gulf States plant. e following year Orange planned annexation beyond the mouth of the Sabine River including the inlet of Cow Bayou and land as far as north Sabine Lake to benefit from future industrial development. e small town of Bridge City and it’s adjoining marsh lands where caught in the middle. rough Texas extraterritorial law Port Arthur and Orange both made demands on Gulf States Utility Company for uncollected tax revenue through the Annexation Act of 1963.

Annexation of the town seemed inevitable until a group of citizens from the Bridge City community decided to take a stand. ey called themselves the “Citizens For Bridge City Incorporation

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1970” and they weren’t without opposition. Two earlier attempts for incorporation had failed. e 1970 citizens committee, however, foresaw the power struggling unfolding and mobilized to take action to prevent further annexation by one or both of the larger municipalities, and in the process propose incorporation to the Bridge City citizenry.

“We had a good group of civic minded people and businesses that want to incorporate Bridge City,” said C.W. “Bubba” Hubbard before his death in 2005. At 71, Hubbard had been a central figure in the citizen committee’s 1970 initiative.

Hubbard and his wife Wilda had arrived in Bridge City in 1952. He established Hubbard Electric Company and was a member of the earlier failed attempts at incorporation.

In 1970, however, Hubbard said that annexation of Bridge City by Port Arthur or Orange had become a real concern.

He and Albert Gore, a BCISD administrator, would co-chair the 1970 citizens group that included community leaders from a spectrum of business and civic organizations. e official members included John Brooks, Gus Garza, Curtis Lee, Donald Cole, L.J. Garriga, Charles Gorman, G.A. Laughlin, L.J. Bison, and Tom Arnold. Marjorie Fields served as the group’s secretary. ere were 14 in all. Twenty-seven year old attorney, H.D. Pate was also on the committee. He and Feagin Windam, an Orange attorney, provided legal direction as Port Arthur and Orange ratcheted up claims on extraterritorial jurisdiction. To finance the initiative the citizens committee collected $1,520 from among it’s member-

ship and local businesses.

Going into action the ground work began being laid for the acclaimed “”C.W. Hubbard and Others” lawsuit. filed by Pate and Windham. e intention of the lawsuit was to stall annexation and inevitably force another election for incorporation.

Legal disputes, however, where flaring on all sides. Because of the claims Port Arthur made on the Gulf State Utilities power station, Gulf States refused to pay any further taxes to the City of Orange.

Orange moved to block Port Arthur’s claims in Orange County and the Bridge City citizens group launched the lawsuit against both municipalities. “e lawsuit sought clarification of the law on extraterritorial jurisdiction,” said retired 34-year City Attorney, H.D. Pate.

“We wanted to know where we stood in a move to incorporate Bridge City.”

Essentially, the “C.W. Hubbard and Others” lawsuit challenged the cities of Orange and Port Arthur for their claims on the area and invoked the right for the citizens to hold an election for incorporation. e lawsuit caused a landlock that halted further legal action by the larger municipalities. ey released Bridge City from their territorial claims but not without first settling with each other over the Gulf States squabble. e citizen’s committee dropped it’s lawsuit. It was a victory but a battle only half won.

Convincing the citizens to return to the polls once again to vote for incorporation was the next obstacle. e citizens committee formed an Election and Promotional Committee headed by Gorman and Garza. Marjorie Fields chaired the

Publicity Committee. Pate researched types of city governments. Hebert, Cole and Brooks searched for potential sources of revenue. Cost of operating a city government was looked into by Lee and Garza. e committee, under Hubbard and Gore, met weekly to monitor the group’s progress. “e procedure back then was that you needed at least 50 people to petition the Orange County Judge to hold an Election for Incorporation,” recalls Pate. e citizens committee began a signature drive to get the issue on a ballot. Nine full pages of signatures accompanied the group’s Application For Election to Incorporate. One hundred and sixty signatures graced it’s pages. e fourth item of the undersigned stated “the desire to have the City of Bridge City incorporate . . .”

On July 5, 1970 permission for the election was granted.

Opposition to the proposal mounted. “ere was a lot of people who thought Orange or Port Arthur would never touch the area we now know as Bridge City. ey openly opposed incorporation,” Pate said.

Nevertheless, the Citizens For Bridge City Incorporation produced “An Open Letter to the People of Bridge City” and it was published on the front page of the Penny Record. A promotional campaign titled “Did You Know” was circulated and bumper stickers were printed. e Jayceettes joined the effort with a “Get Out e Vote” telephone campaign.

Countless volunteers talked up the issue to family and friends.

In an editorial endorsing incorpora-

tion the Penny Record declared “Vote For A Bridge City” in bold red letters in the July 1, 1970 edition. “Incorporation Election, Tuesday, Bridge City Junior High School” it reminded readers in bold print.

Finally, “For” or “Against” where the only choices left for the citizens of the town. e citizen’s committee named Nolton Brown as election judge as the decision went to the voters on July 7. On this day 1,123 votes where casts and the “Fors” took it with 677 of them. County Clerk Sallie Frazier deemed the election results official. e Penny Record spread the news. e Order Declaring Results of Incorporation made it a matter of history. e Order stated, “Be it remembered that on the 13th day of July, 1970 there came to be considered the returns of an election held on the 7th day of July . . . and it is hereby declared to be incorporated as a city, and that name of the city is and shall be the City of Bridge City.” An infantile “general Law” municipality was born. e day after claiming victory, Wednesday, July 8, the Citizens For Bridge City Incorporation 1970 held it’s final meeting. “ere being no further business, and the function of the committee having been fulfilled, upon a motion made by Hebert and seconded by Gorman,” the minutes read, “the members voted unanimously to disband.”

On Sept. 22, 1970, Bridge City held it’s first city election. Preston M. “Red” Wood narrowly edged out Jay Eshbach by three votes to become Bridge City’s first Mayor. e first city council was comprised of Jack D. Pepper, Don Clayton, Charles English, E.T. Ernest and David Hock..

On Oct. 5, Bridge City’s first city council took the oath of office in a ceremony held at the Bridge City Volunteer Fire Department in a cinder block building at the corner of Bland and Roberts. e first city council voted to open each meeting with a prayer. ey also voted to thank the fire department for the use of the building. H.D. Pate was hired to be the city’s first full-time employee as City Attorney, a position he held until 2004. ree years into it’s inception the city of Bridge City were asked to make another important decision. In 1973 voters elected to accept a “Home Rule” city charter that provided for a City Manager.

For his involvement as a leader in the Citizens For Incorporation 1970, C.W. “Bubba” Hubbard became the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce first “Citizen of the Year” in 1971. H.D. Pate was chamber president.

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Independence fell on shoulders of the brave Mike Louviere For the Record If celebrating the Fourth of July can be credited to any one person, it would have to be the second president of the United States, John Adams. Adams was a leading proponent of independence from Great Britain. He was convinced that the only way to escape the tyranny of the British was for the 13 colonies to unite and become a new country. A group of patriots gathered and began to work on a document stating their beliefs and outlining a new nation. ough omas Jefferson would be the author of the document, there would be input from delegates from all the colonies. After delays, the document was prepared and independence declared on July 2, 1776. e Declaration of Independence was sent to the printer and ready to be signed on July 4, 1776. John Dunlap, the official printer for the Continental Congress, produced 200 broadsides, or single sheet copies. ey were to be distributed to each of the 13 new states. Fifty six delegates had signed the declaration. ey were traitors in the eyes of the British. ere are 25 copies of Dunlap’s document are known to exist. One copy was sold on Ebay by Southeby’s Auction house to two private collectors for $8.14 million.

Adams was enthusiastic about the actions of the Continental Congress and the new document and wrote to his wife, Abigal, on July 3, 1776, that the occasion should be commemorated “with pomp and parades, with Shews, games, sports, guns, bonfires, and illumination from one end of the continent to the other from time forward forevermore.” e first commemorative fireworks were held on July 4, 1777. e celebrations that Adams envisioned were coming about. e problem was that Adams did not like the choice of date. He thought that the celebration should be held on July 2, the day independence was declared and not on July 4, the date of the signing. He would decline to participate in events held on July 4.

For the first 15 to 20 years after independence, there was not much celebrating done. It seemed that after the first few years of independence the

new country was more concerned in becoming a country than celebrating Independence Day. So much so that Adams in 1817 he stated that it seemed that America was “uninterested in its past.” e formation of new political parties in the 1820s and 1830s, and possibly the deaths of omas Jefferson and John Adams, both occurring on July 4, 1826, possibly stirred interest in celebrations on July 4.

IN 1820, John Quincy Adams commissioned Washington D.C. printer William Stone, to engrave a facsimile copy of the Declaration Of Independence. Stone used a process to engrave a printing plate that took three years. He also included copies of the signatures of all 56 signers. e plate was sold to the State Department.

Congress ordered 200 copies of the 18 X 24 inch document to be distributed to government repositories, significant office holders, and the three surviving signers, omas Jefferson, John Adams, and Charles Carroll. Carroll died in 1832. He had been a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, but had arrived too late to vote on independence. He was present in time to sign the document.

Two copies were given to Marquis d’ Lafayette when he visited America in 1824.

In 1849 the Anastatic Copy Method was developed in Germany. It later used in England also. It was a method that was intended to reproduce a copy, but could destroy or weaken the original in the process. It was used on the original copy in possession of the National Archives and over the years the print of that document has lightened alarmingly.

In 1870 Congress declared July 4 a national holiday. Early celebrations were more like political rallies with stump speakers giving often lengthy speeches on topics of the day. ere were fireworks and a few other events that Adams had envisioned.

In the 20th Century things began to change.

After the two world wars, America was ready to celebrate and town picnics gained in popularity, fireworks displays began to get larger and more complicated and ornate. Fireworks would become a multi- million dollar business and events like Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest would become traditional and highly anticipated happenings each

Commissioners Banken said a neighboring state receives money from companies to rebuild their roads.

Prior to the meeting County Judge Brint Carlton was asked about the status of same sex marriage licenses in Orange County.

Carlton said he wasn’t aware of any issuance of the licenses as of the afternoon of June 29. He said all the county were waiting to receive updated marriage licenses from Austin instead of listing man and woman there would be other options.

“I’m of the opinion the Supreme Court is the highest court in the land and what they say is law so Orange County will follow that and do what we’re required to do,” he said.

He mentioned a ruling by Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General, on religious liberties which Carlton agrees with to make sure elected officials could follow their religious beliefs as well. Paxton did include, however, if people did refuse to issue a marriage license there is a possibility of a lawsuit on the basis of some kind of discrimination. “at is a risk an elected official would take if they chose to go against what the Supreme Court has mandated us to do,” he said.

“I know it’s a very emotionally charged issue and people feel very strongly either one way or the other, but I think we need to keep in mind the Supreme Court is the highest court and their decision is final when it comes to these type of things.”

A public workshop was held on June 26 on possible changes to the Orange County Human Resource Policy Manual which was

adopted in 1999 with department heads.

After the discussion concluded on HR matters, the discussion turned to retiree health insurance matters that was voted upon June 15.

Carlton said some of the decisions the commissioners make are emotionally charged for a lot of people, but he doesn’t want anyone to get the idea he hates the employees or retirees. “at is not the case,” he said.

“I foresee changes on new hires, but not those in place. We’re not going to change the insurance contribution. We haven’t even talked about it. It’s something that can be addressed again. We can make the overall situation better.”

Merritt said those who are upset don’t have to sit on the court and those decisions.

Donna Scales, parks director, said one retiree was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Another was diagnosed with a heart condition.

“It breaks my heart to know about their diagnoses and what the new policy will bring to them,” she said.

Carlton said he is open to any type of discussion.

Beamon Minton, retired Precinct 4 commissioner, said even though moving to the new United Health Services plan would save him $350 a month for his wife’s health needs, he would love for her to stay with Blue Cross/Blue Shield because there are two specialists she needs to see who don’t accept Medicare.

Carlton said the Texas Association of Counties said a spouse

Continued from Page 1A has to go with their spouse’s plan. “ere are 194 counties who use this (UHS). ere’s no evidence they’re destitute. We can try it out for a year and if it doesn’t work, we can re-address it,” Carlton said.

Scales said people never get back what they lose. e county allocated $221,000 and they will never see it again.

Vickie Edgerly, district clerk, asked the commissioners if they could see how retirees premiums have gone up over the years and they would put the county in that position.

Scales asked when was the last time the county has raised taxes and maybe it was time to cover costs.

“We need funds,” she said.

Carlton said he has never been against a tax increase and he will look at all options.

“No other benefits have changed except for retiree insurance,” he said.

year. Nathan’s contest started in 1972 and grows larger each year. is year the Orange Convention and Visitors Bureau will once again sponsor a night of events at Riverfront Pavillion. Lasting from 6:00 p.m. until

Dannarriah from her residence. Soon after Dannarriah’s body was found, Orange police distributed a picture of a pink, flowered bed sheet in hopes information would come forward. As a result, police were able to collect new leads, some of them proved to be beneficial while others were dead ends.

The bed sheet’s pattern had been discontinued and was like the one that Dannarriah’s body was wrapped in.

Autopsy results would also confirm she was sexually assaulted before being strangled to death.

It is believed the suspect wrapped her body in the sheet that fateful night.

In the days that followed a funeral service was planned at Mount Zion Baptist Church. More than 700 mourners arrived to say goodbye. Her tiny body lay in a white casket next to several school photos along with about a dozen pink floral arrangements.

Dannarriah’s mother and father, Johnny Edwards, sat in the front pew near the casket. Also in attendance were her sisters which were ages 2, 6 and 8 years old at the time. ey would grow up never really knowing their sister.

Danniarrah attended North Early Learning Center in the pre-kindergarten program. Teachers at the center lovingly put a photo album together filled with pictures of various school functions. e album was then presented to her family.

Detectives from Port Arthur joined forces with OPD to work on the case. Also involved was the

Dilapidated on. It’s freed up to build new structures. ere’s not a lot of room in Bridge City. We’ve come a long way and we’ve cleaned up immensely.”

Jones said if residents know of a dilapidated structure they may call the city at 409-735-6801.

In other city business, a new insurance office and a plumbing service building will soon be built on Rachal Street.

Construction on the splash pad should start in September with a possibility of moving up the start date.

Jones said $3.5 million of bond money is scheduled to be released on July 2 so the city can work

10:00 p.m. will be a series of family oriented events. ere will be food, face painting, bounce houses, music, and fireworks. e Ruxpins will take the pavilion stage at 7:00 p.m. with the fireworks display to follow at 9:00 p.m.

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“It is still an open case,” said John Kimbrough, Orange County District Attorney.

Investigators take the case from the shelves of boxes about every six months in hopes to take another look and perhaps see something different. ey remain hopeful a new tip will come in to solve the case which is always on everyone’s mind. Until the case is developed and a suspect is identified, the case will not move forward and see the inside of a courtroom, Kimbrough said.

“Initial evidence was pretty thorough, “ Kimbrough said. e evidence collected was taken to the FBI laboratory to be examined. It may be the latest technology in forensic analysis which may be the key to solving the case.

“As time goes on, forensic science has improved,” he added. “From experience, we have learned technology has moved forward and this case will be solved forensically in a laboratory. A case is only as good as the initial investigation.”

For all the officers involved, the gift of closure for the family is one they hope to achieve. For them it is seeing the relief and expressions on their face which can make it all worthwhile.

“I hope and pray justice will be served,” Kimbrough said.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Orange Police Department at 409-883-1026.

Continued from Page 1A on the filtration system at the water plant. e final numbers for the project are still being worked out and it is hoped the work will be completed by the end of the year.

A 12-inch water line is still planned for Sunnyside Street and the city’s water tank will still be rehabilitated and repainted.

Changes were made for the new police station and sent back to the architect. e new station will be built behind the Race Trac filling station on Texas Avenue. e pressure tank for the Waterwood addition has been ordered.

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• The Record • Week of Wednesday, July 1, 2015 Ernie Shore, of the Boston Red Sox, relieved Babe Ruth in the first inning, no outs and a man on first, who was put out trying to steal second. Ernie retired 26 batters for a 4-0 victory over Washington. That effort has never been topped.*****Looking back to June 25, 1876, 139 years ago, Gen. George Custer got his ass whipped at Little Big Horn by the Sioux and Cheyenne tribes

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIDGE CITY Bridge City celebrates its 45th birthday on July 7. Many changes have come to the city over the years. Back in 1970, when it incorporated, there were many dirt and gravel roads. Nearly half of the city didn’t have water or sewer. The part of the city that did operated under a water and sewer district that was later absorbed by the city and expanded. Drainage was its biggest problem. A two inch rain flooded many homes and rendered some streets impassable. The biggest improvement came after Hurricane Ike, when the city started a major drainage program. Last month’s heavy rains, which would have caused major flooding before, hardly impacted the city. Many other major improvements came after Ike for both the city and school district. Many older citizens moved away after hurricanes Rita and Ike but new residents continue to come everyday. As bad as the storms were, the citizens buckled up and made the best of the situation. Despite all the loss endured by the citizens, the city has come back stronger.

Citizens of 45 years ago would not recognize the Prairie View community that became a thriving city and great place to live. It’s really the “Jewel of the Gulf Coast.” Through the years, Bridge City has only had seven mayors. The first was P.M. “Red” Woods, who was elected by three votes. Gordon Harvey followed him, then John Banken, Don Peters, John Dubose, Bobbie Burgess, the only female and the present mayor Kirk Roccaforte, who I believe is the longest serving mayor, now in his final term. Woods, Harvey and Peters are now deceased. I would like to know who the oldest Bridge City native is. If you know please contact us..

Happy Birthday Bridge City. *****Now I’d best get going. Please come along, I promise it won’t do you no harm.

REMARKABLE TURN OF EVENTS The United States Supreme Court, in a 6-3 vote, declared Obamacare would remain the law of the land. It is now time for Texas officials to accept the reality and quit demagoging the issue. That means focusing on providing the citizens of the state the best healthcare possible. Texas has the highest percentage of uninsured residences. So far over 800,000 Texans, that wouldn’t have insurance, have signed on to Obamacare. Even Republicans conceded the law has some good points such as children covered under parents policy until age 26 and coverage available with pre-existing conditions. Republican lawmakers in other states have expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. That would provide nearly two million Texans health coverage that can’t get it any other way. It would also be a humanitarian thing to do. There are two ways to fulfill the same goal. If the Republican state officials want to maintain that they didn’t give in to President Obama, they could accept block grants from the Federal government to expand Medicaid. In that way, the state would have greater state control. Obamacare is not going away despite politicians using it as a soapbox issue. Pretending it will go away is short changing our citizens. Texas money in Washington should be refunded to our state because it’s the right thing to do. Quit playing politics with an issue the Supreme Court has already decided. Many Texas small hospitals could be saved. Baptist Hospital in Orange would probably reopen. It would be a good move for all Texans including counties and cities stuck with indigent care. Orange County alone could save over a million a year. Might as well act. There is no longer a point to prove, it’s a done deal, accept it and move on.

MARRIAGE EQUALITY LAW OF THE LAND The United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, extended marital rights to same-sex couple nationwide. Some Republicans are hollowing foul. These are the same people who said it was fair for the court to give the presidential election to George W. Bush, when most Americans believed Al Gore, who won the popular vote by millions of votes, had been robbed. Republicans have turned on their appointee, Chief Justice John Roberts, for both rulings on Healthcare and same-sex marriage. So here we go again. Texas officials will make protecting religious liberty the next fight in Texas. It’s a move aimed at playing the Christian Conservative base and a way to block the high court’s ruling.

Gov. Abbott and AG Ken Paxton have held off as of Monday, giving county clerks ‘guidance’ on issuing marriage licenses.

The largest counties ignored Paxton’s urging and started issuing thousands of licenses. Some judges waived the states 72 hour waiting period for those wishing to be married immediately. Like it or not, it’s the law of the land. Might as well quit playing politics.

Here’s a sure bet, in the next five years divorces will increase three fold and divorce attorneys will do well. Don’t expect population explosions however. Even though I don’t fully understand it, it doesn’t concern me. The law is the law and there are plenty of them to dislike but you can’t pick and choose.

POINTS OF INTEREST Barry and Bobby Bonds hit a combined 1,094 home runs, the most by a father-son duo in baseball. Way behind in second place is Ken Griffin, Jr. and his dad, with 782 homers. *****By the way, can you name any Major League baseball player who wears number 42? You can’t because no player does. Jackie Robinson’s number 42 is retired by all Major League teams. No one will ever wear that number again. *****The greatest relief pitching ever in the Major Leagues occurred on June 23, 1917.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME 10 Years Ago-2005 On July 7, 2005, Bridge City marks its 35th anniversary. It was on this day in 1970 that the city of Bridge City was incorporated.

(Editor’s note: In January of 1981, city attorney H.D. Pate saw an opportunity for the city to collect money from chemical row by annexing Cow Bayou and land towards the Firestone plant. That move has brought millions of dollars to Bridge City over the past 45 years. The Penny Record published a Founder’s Day special edition that is loaded with Bridge City history. It’s a keeper that I treasure.)*****One of the first businesses in Bridge City, Bridge City Cleaners, marks 50 years. Ann and Jimmy Segura moved down here from Detroit, Michigan. Ann was originally an East Texas girl and Jimmy was from New Iberia, Louisiana. (Editor’s note: Since then, Ms Ann and Jimmy have passed away and the cleaners has been closed. The Segura’s raised their three sons in Bridge City where they all attended First Baptist Church. Ann and Jimmy’s first neighbors on Shady Drive were Roy and Phyllis Dunn.)*****David Fusilier raced his #81 car to a 4th place finish at Motorama Speedway despite being rammed into a spin. Wife Debbie and the three children David, Jr., Derek and Chrystal cheered dad on. Junior was on leave from the Air Force. *****John Patterson pitched for the Nationals Monday, July 4, against the Yankees. John threw 116 pitches, allowed four hits, walked two and struck out seven. He left the game leading 2-0. Washington relief pitchers again blew the game 5-2. Despite his great pitching, Patterson came up with his ninth no-decision of the season, the most in the Majors. *****GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: Helen Lorraine Frodge, 85, of Orange, died June 26. She is survived by daughters Patty Armstrong and Adrienne Wolf. *****George Cook, 91, of Bridge City, died June 28. He was preceded in death by his wife Ann Cook, son Robert ’Butch’ Mortimer and sister Mildred Brown. He is survived by son Phillip ’Yankee’ Mortimer, daughter Doris Wood, Joan Gunn and several grandchildren. *****Keith W. Ford, Sr., 51, of Bridge City, died June 29. Services were held July 2. He was a 1971 B.C. grad. He is survived by his wife Nancy, father J.T. Ford, daughters Trish and Salina and son Keith, Sr. *****Mary Pearl Campbell Johnson, 64, of Houston and former Orange resident died July 1. Services were held at Claybar Funeral Home July 5. *****Billie Sue Tiller, 73, of Bridge City, died July 2. She was preceded in death by two sons Jimmy and Rusty Buntyn. She is survived by husband Leon Tiller and brother Ricky Etheridge.

40 Years Ago-1975 Judge Harold Beeson, of Rose City, and wife Shelia Miller Beeson are expecting a first child in a few days. *****Doug Harrington and family have returned from vacation in Wyoming. When Helen was asked if Doug behaved she said she didn’t know, everyday he volunteered to drive to town to do the laundry. He did 12 washings in 10 days. (Editor’s note: I bet he had something else working besides the spin cycle.)*****Dan Green is a very talented young man, a Jack-of-All-Trades, who plays a mean guitar and has a special charisma. Dan is married to former Louise Waldrop, a Beaumont Enterprise reporter.*****The Florida vacation of Dr. Joe and Mary Majors was cut short by the death of Mary’s father in Texarkana.*****Brother Bill Clark runs the afternoon drive-time on KOGT. He sneaks in some old time down home music into his program. *****Keble Free marries pretty Rita in the Orange city park. The Rev. Jimmy Botner performed the wedding. Folks came in cutoff jeans, trimmed in rhinestones, formal wear and informal wear. A big watermelon party was held afterwards. *****Ralph Ramos dies. He was on the verge of breaking into national television. He had come to terms with Charles Bishop Kuralt, CBS correspondent.Ralph had agreed to cover the entire state of Texas for Kuralt. It was something Ralph had dreamed about. *****Bridge City police chief Wilson Roberts’s move into Dugas Addition. The next day, Curtis Lee and Marian moved out.

Curtis, it’s believed, considered the chief moving into the neighborhood a blockbuster. *****Betty Harmon gets Corky to spring for a new home on Sunset. *****Fain Holbrook is a little strange.

He still has the Christmas tree up. When asked why, he replied, “Keeps my dog off the street.”*****Inez Hearn, the head knocker at Wards, was wearing a hickey on her neck Monday. She was seen eating tuna out of a can, with raw onions, tomato and hot green peppers. A tough gal. *****Tracy Addison is stationed at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. He will be 18-years-old on July 15. *****Baxter has a birthday and a half-year party at his Village Creek camp. He’s exactly 51.5 years old. It was a surprise party put together by wife Diane. Forty-five people were quietly waiting and when Bax opened the door; they started singing, very softly, ‘Silent Night.’

A FEW HAPPENINGS Tom Perry, Jr. is back in town visiting relatives. He says his mom, Ms. Jane is doing well Tom hopes to see many friends and family while he is in Bridge City.*****Jackie and Donna Scales were in Houston last weekend to get an autographed cookbook of Trisha Yearwood. Trisha was in town with husband Garth Brooks who is on tour.*****Velma Theriot, Charlene Terro and Velma’s twin sister Thelma Willis celebrated Velma and Thelma’s birthday in Bossier City. Remember, what happens in Bossier City stays in Bossier City.*****We heard from Jeff and Amanda Pringle who are enjoying baby Jonathan,now 9 months old. It seems like yesterday that he was born. They say he’s a really happy baby.*****On the national scene prison escapees Richard Matt and David Sweat came to the end of their 22 days of freedom.

Matt was killed and Sweat was shot twice but will live to tell his story that someday will be an award winning movie. It’s a fascinating story of how they managed to escape Clinton, a maximum security prison. *****The Supreme Court blocked Texas from enforcing new restrictions on abortion providers. The Court also ruled on a gerrymandering decision that supports states that want to remove partisanship from political maps. Some states have turned to a special independent commission to draw district lines rather than legislatures that gerrymander districts and take total control of state government like Texas has done. It’s the only fair way to redistrict. There is nothing fair about the way it is done now. The voters should select their office holders rather than allowing office holders to select their voters. It’s almost criminal the way Texas does it. *****Happy belated birthday to Kendall Scales.

He’s as handsome as ever. Never showing his age. *****Dax Fregia, son of Phyllis and Clint, led the Bronco Baseball Tourney in home runs. Congratulations Dax. *****Longtime Orange County employee Melissa Moore is now a real stay at home mom. She and husband Marcus, along with big sister Addie, will welcome their new bundle of joy in eight weeks. Congratulations and the best of luck to Melissa and her family. Orange County employees will miss her. *****A few folks we know celebrating birthdays. On July 1, Charlie Learned, Jeff Eby and Dian Arnold all celebrate.

Also on this day ‘Soleaux the Cat’ turns two. Pamela Anderson turns 47 and Dan Aykroyd, 62. *****July 2 finds KeeKee’s better half, Ms. Nancy Dupuis, celebrating. So does Lisa Wilson and Brennon Mitchell. They are joined by Lindsay Lohan, 28 and race car driver Richard Petty, 77. This would have been the birthday of a great lady, the late Elizabeth Williams. She and Doc did a lot to preserve the history of Orange County. They are both gone now.****On July 3, former County Judge, Pinehurst Mayor, Joe and Inez’s little boy, J.L. ‘Pete’ Runnels celebrates, as does Ellen Ray, a very sweet lady. They are joined by Tom Cruise, 52, talk show host Montel Williams, 58 and baseball player Moises Alou, 48.*****On July 4, Kathie Wilson, Katy Maloney, Cyn Navarro Roy and Kellie Derouen all celebrating. Joining them in celebrating are the President’s daughter, Malia Obama, 16 and actress Gina Lollobrigida, 87.*****On July 5, Shane Hanks, Charlotte Pruter, Billy Boehme and Debbie Moreau mark birthdays. They join actress Edee Falco, 51 and TV host Judge Joe Brown, 67. *****On July 6, pretty Lori Winstead celebrates as does Aaron Myers, David May and Denise Mumbach. Also celebrating on that day are former president George W. Bush, 68, and actor Sylvester Stallone, 68. *****July 7 finds Judge David Peck a year older. This also would have been the birthday of his late friend Jerry Wilson, Jason Barclay and James Arnett also celebrate. They join former Beatle Ringo Starr, 74, and comedian Jim Gaffigan, 48. *****Congratulations to Samantha West and Chris Schroeder who tied the knot last weekend. We wish you many happy years together. *****Kevin and Kim Sensat and girls are again on the road making memories. This time they are enjoying camping. *****Manson Juneau and Mason Moore attended the Lamar Basketball Camp last week; we hear they did a great job. We’re proud of those guys. *****We send out prayers for Sydnee Jo, daughter of Jake and Brittney Sauer. We hope she is felling better soon. *****The NBC Peacock kicked ‘The Donald’ off their network. Donald Trump, the carnival barker who would be president, outrageous remarks about Mexican immigrants got his Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants kicked off NBC.*****In our continuing highlight of law enforcement officers, this week Debby features Deputy Sheriff Brian Foley.*****The Wednesday Lunch Bunch will dine at Robert’s this week and at P.K’s Grill next. Everyone welcome.

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK Joe Badeaux’s boy Curtis had been home four months after getting out of the Army wen his papa axe him if it wasn’t bout time he look for a job him. He handed Curtis da help wanted ads out of da Lafayette Daily Advertiser.

Curtis look dem ads over. One ad was for a gynecologist’s assistant. Curtis had worked some wit the Medic Corp while in Afghanistan so he figure he might can do dat.

He went to da Job Center downtown and axe bout da job.

The clerk pulled up da file and read, “Dis job entails getting the ladies ready for da gynecologist. You have to help da womens out of dire clothes, lay dem down and get dem ready for da gynecologist exam. Da annual salary is $63,000 a year but you will have to go to Baton Rouge.

Curtis say, “Is dat were da job is hanh?”

“No sir, said da clerk, “Dats where da end of da line is rat now.”

C’EST TOUT Lately my boat has been so full I’ve gotten way behind on my reading. For a couple hours over the weekend however, I was able to read through my July issue of Texas Monthly. It is their best and worst legislators issue. They gave some bad grades to some of the most powerful legislatures. I could do an entire column on that but instead I found the column on the ‘Secret History of Texas Music,’ more interesting. They highlighted 25 songs and the tales behind each. One I found most interesting is how a Fort Worth street vendor helped launch Willie’s career. While downtown Willie would see a disabled man dragging himself along the sidewalk on his hands and knees, wearing knee pads made from old tires. He would sit outside a department store and sell pencils from a customized leather vest. At Christmas time, he’d hawk ribbons and gift wrap, calling out “Pretty Paper.” A few years later, at his Nashville farm, Willie had a vivid memory of the street vendor.

He picked up his guitar and composed a ballad. The song took him only 20 minutes to write. Willie says, “The good ones write themselves.” He contrasted the holiday shopper’s joy and mirth with the vendor’s apparent loneliness and misery. In the midst of the laughter, he cries. “Pretty Paper” became a big hit for Roy Orbison and its been a holiday classic since. I had not realized Willie had written the song. The man’s name was Frankie Brierton.

He was born with spinal meningitis. He refused all offers of government assistance. Frankie wanted to be his own man and take care of his family. He sold “Pretty Paper” in downtown Fort Worth for years. He died in 1973, and never got to hear Orbison sing Willie’s song. Frankie was married seven times and supported his family selling pencils and ‘Pretty Paper.” Texas Monthly reviewed 25 stories behind the song. George Jones’ song, “Bubbles in My Beer” was written by Tommy Duncan, Cindy Walker and Bob Wills. Huey Meaux wrote Barbara Lynn’s big hit, “You’ll Lose a Good Thing.” I learned that Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett were classmates at Texas A&M where they wrote “Front Porch” It’s a good tale. *****I’d best get out of here. Thanks for your time.

Keep up with us on our website, therecordlive.com. Be careful over the 4th of July holidays. Read us cover to cover, shop our family of advertisers when you can. Take care and God bless.

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Pinehurst woman knows meaning of patritotism David Ball For e Record

Orange County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Brian Foley is responsible for a zone of about 86 square miles during his 12 hour shift. He also provides backup to other officers as needed. He has been in law enforcement for 12 years.

‘Cops are people too’

Editors note; this is part of an ongoing series into the lives of local police officers. e intention is to build a good line of communication between the officers and the public in light of recent headlines in cities across the nation.

By Debby Schamber For the Record ere are 254 counties which covers 266,874 square miles in the State of Texas. During his 12hour shift, Orange County Deputy Brian Foley is responsible for a zone of about 86 square miles, which is no small task.

Foley said he likes helping people. For the victims of crime, he is welcomed but for criminals it is the opposite.

“Don’t be scared of police officers,” Foley said. “If you need help, just ask. at’s what we are here for.”

Foley answers an average of 42 calls during a fiveday work week while working 12-hour rotating shifts. He also provides backup to other officers when needed. If his shift falls on a holiday then he is required to work. But, Foley said he doesn’t mind working on the holidays since he has to provide for his family. He has been married for nearly 15 years and has four children.

Foley joined the Army after graduating from Orangefield High School. Following his service, he began to look into obtaining a career. Initially, he considered working at one of the local refineries.

However, after a large layoff, he began to look into other careers. It was then he chose law enforcement.

“Every once in a while, God points you in the right direction,” Foley said.

His law enforcement career has spanned over the last 12 years. During that time he has had to deal

with the daily routine of patrolling the streets, taking reports among many other things. But also Foley has worked the flooded neighborhoods of Bridge City during Hurricane Ike in 2008. During this time his duties took him to a nearby school where he had to wade in chest high waters. e officers, at that time, worked weeks without taking a day off in order to ensure the safety of the citizens during the critical time.

Foley began his career with the Bridge City Police Department in 2002 and stayed there until 2009. He then worked for the city of Pinehurst until 2013.

From there he became an Orange County deputy until the present. ere are a few things he would like the public to know.

“Please don’t tell young kids we will arrest them. at will make them scared of police officers,” he said. ere might be a time when a child needs an officer in the event of an emergency but because they were taught to be fearful of police, then it could result in a bad situation becoming worse.

In recent national headlines there has been stories of strife between community members and the local police departments. is has grown to include police officers in other communities even though they were not even remotely involved.

“Even though we are the police, we’re human too,” Foley said. “We make mistakes too. Nobody is perfect, not since Jesus.”

When not on the job, Foley may be seen with friends or his brother on local waterways fishing. He especially loves bass fishing. Like any avid hunter, he says he does not get enough days off during hunting season. He enjoys hunting deer, but really likes hunting hogs.

Billie Wood, 90, of Pinehurst, may had not exactly been Rosie the Riveter but she served her country in a time of need.

Billie said it was everyone’s patriotic duty to help with the war effort.

She worked for the War Department Army Ordnances Division in Greensboro, N.C. in 1944 which oversaw Wysong & Miles Co. that manufactured bomb fuses for the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. “e bomb fuses were secret then. Everything was secret,” Billie said. “We didn’t know what was going on. We had orders from e Pentagon on what to do and how to put it together. e big wigs checked everything out. All of the places made war material.”

She then moved to the Overseas Replacement Depot (ORD) in Greensboro where she processed paperwork for military replacements headed to Europe in the period immediately following WWII. “I was still in school when the war started. I knew how to type and how to do paperwork,” she said.

Billie’s maiden name was Moore. She was born in Greensboro on June 9, 1925. She graduated from Jamestown High School in Jamestown, N.C. in 1943 then took a job with Jefferson Pilot Insurance Company for a few months before becoming a Civil Servant in 1944.

She said all of her classmates started working right out of high school. e jobs in the war industry paid much more than other jobs did and they were desperate for employees.

Billie Wood of Pinehurst turned 90 on June 9. Like many others, she helped in the war effort during World War II. She and her husband would eventually settle in Orange and make a life for themselves. RECORD PHOTO: Lawrence Trimm Every boy had a draft number, she said, but she only saw one or two classmates after the war.

“It took everybody. Everything was rationed. Cars too. We rode the city buses. But they opened everything for entertainment on Sundays. We would volunteer our time at the USO and at dances too. e big bands were there,” she said. “We danced the jitterbug and dressed like movie stars.”

It was at ORD Here she met and married First Lieutenant Robert (Bob) M. Wood who also worked for ORD. Bob was a B-24 crew member.

He became a POW for 14 months in a German POW camp after his plane went down, though he was never awarded the Purple Heart medal.

“e Germans were young boys. ey weren’t mistreated, but there was no food. e Germans didn’t have food either. All of the camp was filled with fliers and all were officers,” she said.

Likewise, German POWs worked in the cafeteria in Greensboro. “ey were good looking boys. ey were clean and nice,” Billie said. e Greensboro ORD operation moved to Camp Kilmer in New Jersey in 1946 and Bob received orders to join them at their new location and took his new bride with him.

Bob left military service in 1947 and he and Billie moved to Orange where they lived in the PATRIOTISM Page 3B

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Orange County Happenings

Area Wide Community Events Schedules

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LIT schedules orientation

Extension office to offer food handlers class 4th of July Fireworks show slated

Lamar Institute of Technology will hold four orientation sessions for new students who plan to attend LIT in the fall. The next session will be July 7. Each session will last an hour. There will be a separate orientation held at the same time for parents.

Session dates and times are: 3:00-4:00 p.m., July 7; 11:00noon, Aug. 3; 11-noon, Aug. 10; and 9:00-10:00 a.m., Aug. 14. Those interested in attending should sign up on the LIT Web site, www.lit.edu.

Prospective students and their parents should arrive for orientation 30 minutes prior to sign in at the Beeson Building.

Prospective students should have applied and been admitted to LIT in order to get the most out of orientation.

The Fall 2015 semester begins on Aug. 20.

For more information or for questions, call Student Services at (409) 880-8321.

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office County Extension Agent Fallon Foster will be offering a three hour food handlers class which is Texas Department of State Health Services accredited food handlers program. This class is recommended for all food service employees to help promote the service of safe food. The Basic overview of food safety practices that are necessary to ensure you serve safe food at your establishment such as but not limited to; good personal hygiene cross contamination and time and temperature abuse. The class will be held at the Extension office, July 23, from 9:00 am to noon. The class is $20 per person and is payable by check or cash the day of the class. Anyone wishing to attend must pre-register with the Extension office by July 21; call 882-7010.

OHS season tickets to be sold

Orangefield Football season ticket sales for current ticket holders will be July 27 - Aug. 7 from 8:00 am-11:00am and 12:30 pm-3:00 pm Monday thru Friday at the field house.

New season ticket sales will begin Aug. 10- Aug. 21 from 8:00 am-11:00 am and 12:30 pm-3:00 pm Monday through Friday at the field house.

If you have any questions, please call Melanee Scales at 7354504.

American Legion will sell fish dinners

The American Legion, Post 49, will hold a fried fish dinner fundraiser from 11 am - 2 pm, July 9. Dinners will be $8 each and will consist of fried fish, potato salad, green beans, cole slaw, bread and dessert. Walk ins and deliveries are available. Call 886-1241 after noon Wednesday, July 8 and before noon Thursday, July 9, for deliveries and orders.

Extension Office offers food handler classes Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Orange County Extension Agent Fallon Foster will be offering the two day certification course followed by the exam on the third day. The Course will be held August 10-11, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and testing Aug. 12, 9:00 am to noon, at the extension office. This course will prepare you for the National ANSI Certified Professional Food Manager exam.

All courses are taught by instructors accredited by the Texas Department of State Health Services and have completed additional requirements from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.

The course will be $125 per person and includes the two day instructions, handbook and materials and the national certification exam. Anyone wishing to attend this course must complete and mail the pre-registration form located online at http://foodsafety,. tamu.edu. Registration form and payment must be postmarked and mailed to Texas A&M by July 27. Registration forms will also be available at the extension office located at 11475 FM 1442 Orange. For further information contact the extension office at 8827010.

The City of Orange Convention and Visitor’s Bureau will host a free fireworks show and concert, July 4, from 6:00 - 10:00 pm, at the Riverfront Pavilion. The Ruxpins will perform from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, with fireworks starting at 9:00. There will be a bounce house for the kids, food vendors, son cones, drinks and face painting.

No pets will be allowed.

For more information, call 883-1011 or visit orangetexas.org.

Extension Office offers poultry workshop For those interested in raising or showing poultry as a project, there will be a poultry workshop on Monday, June 29, beginning at 6:00 pm. The workshop will be held at the Texas A&M Agrilife Extension office located at 11475a FM 1442, Orange and is free to attend. Ashlee Krebs, County Extension Agent with Agriculture and Natural Resources will be discussing facilities, feeding and care management, handling and selection. Feel free to contact the Extension office with any questions 8827010.

Volunteer Foster Grandparents needed The South East Texas Foster Grandparent Program needs volunteers at Bridge City Elementary. These men or women 55 and over volunteer by mentoring or tutoring children that are ‘at risk” They give one on one attention to these children. If you are interested in being a volunteer, please call Karen Gary, Volunteer Coordinator at 409-899-8444, ext 6441 Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Christian Women’s Job Corps

Clover Kids Day Camp

Kid’s jam canning class planned

Christian Women’s Job Corp - Golden Triangle is accepting applications for volunteers. Opportunities include mentoring, teaching life and job skills, and Bible study, to name a few. CWJC welcomes all Christian women, who would like to help change lives. To apply please call 882-7010. tension Office, 11475 FM 1442 Orange. The cost for the class is $20 per person and each person will leave with a jar of the jam they canned. Contact the Extension Office to reserve your place, 882-7010.

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension 4-H County Agent Christina Ritter will be offering a Clover Kids Day Camp Adventures for youth ages 5-8. Come experience the fun of what 4-H has to offer for the 4-H clover member. Some of the fun things we will be doing are gardening, animals, fitness, food and fun.

The camp will be help August 3–5, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm, in the Orange County Convention and Expo Center, 14475 FM 1442 Orange. Registration fee is $15 per child for the entire camp, deadline to register and pay is July 27. You do not have to be a part of 4-H to attend this fun, hands on camp. If you would like to be a part of our exciting camp, call the 4-H office, 8827010.

Fallon Foster, County Extension Agent Family and Consumer Science will be holding a jam canning class for youth ages 8 to 12. The class will be held Wednesday, July 8, at 10:00 am, at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office, 11475 FM 1442 Orange. The cost for the class is $20 per person and each person will leave with a jar of the jam they canned. Contact the Extension Office to reserve your place, 882-7010.

Master Gardeners will meet The monthly meeting of the Orange County Master Gardeners Association will meet on Thursday, July 9, 2015, from 6:30PM - 8:00PM at the Orange County EXPO Center on FM 1442 in Orangefield. A potluck supper will be held prior to the meeting starting at 6:00PM. Sandra Hoke, President, will present a program explaining the method of “Lasagna gardening”. The public is welcome to attend any of the monthly meetings which are held the 2nd Thursday of each month at the times and place listed above. If you would like to become a Master Gardener, we will be starting a new class shortly after the first of the new year (2016). Please email sheribethard@yahoo.com if you are interested or would like more information.

Kid’s Outoor Awareness Class

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension office is holding a free outdoor awareness for kids class for ages 8-14. It will be July 10, from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm. Come and have fun learning about outdoor safety and about the general outdoors. It will be held at Claiborne West Park. To register, call the extension office at 882-7010 by July 6.

Adult tricycle races scheduled

The American Legion, Post 49 will hold it’s 2nd semi-annual adult tricycle races, July 18, at the legion hall in downtown Orange. The theme of this year’s event will be “Christmas in July,” which will benefit CASA. S

Special Holiday Menu for the 4th!

All You Can Eat Catfish w/ BarBQue Chips

$15.99

Sun. 11am - 3 pm

Mon. thru Wed. after 5 P.M.

‘s Cajun Cafe

2682 E. Roundbunch Road

409-886-1115

Sunday 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Mon. -Thur. 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Fri. - Sat. 8 a.m. - 9 p.m.

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Faith UMC plans VBS

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church schedules VBS

Faith UMC announces plans for a fun filled Vacation Bible School, July 6 - 10, from 9:00 am to noon for ages Kindergarten thru 5th grade.

Deadline to register is June 26. Pre-registration is required and forms can be obtained by calling the church office at 886-1291. Office hours are Monday -Thursday, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. The Church is located at 8608 MLK, Jr. Dr., Orange.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 945 W Roundbunch Rd, Bridge City, will hold Vacation Bible School, July 2024. VBS will be from 9:00 am until noon each day with the exception of Friday when there will be pizza at the church followed by a trip to the Pompano Club in Port Neches for a swimming party. Children will be returned to the church for pick-up at 3:00 pm.

All children ages four through fifth grade are invited to attend. Individuals who are in grades six through twelve are needed as volunteers.

This year’s theme is “Splash in God’s Word.” The lesson stories are Noah’s Ark, Jonah and the Big Fish, Walking on Water, Woman at the Well and Lydia.

FBC BC to celebrate 75 years

Sunday, July 12, First Baptist Church, will have a special anniversary to commemorate 75 years as an organized church in this community. There will be a special service beginning at 10:30 A.M. in the sanctuary, followed by a meal in the Family Life Center.

Established on July 11, 1940, the church is the founding Baptist congregation in the city and began at a time when there was not a church in Prairie View, the community that would become Bridge City.

First Baptist was founded by 28 charter members and with J.B. Perry as the first pastor.

All present and past members and others are invited to celebrate with us. If you can attend the special event please call 735-3581 or email anniversary @fbcbc.org.

Jehovah’s Witnesses to hold annual Convention The Jehovah’s Witnesses will be holding their annual convention beginning Friday, July 24, at the Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles, La. The theme of this year’s program is “Intimate Jesus!” The public is invited to attend.

An estimated 5000 will come to the Burton Coliseum for the Bible-based program. Jehovah’s Witnesses in the United States are organizing 453 conventions—in 29 languages—in 124 cities. Worldwide, there are over 8,000,000 Witnesses in more than 115,000 congregations.

For more information, visit the group’s website at www. jw.org.

Join us in Jerusalem, where we’ll follow Jesus to the cross and beyond.

Our journey begins:

July 12 - 16 at 6:00 pm at Liberty Baptist Church 2717 W Roundbunch Rd.

Our daily journey will include: Cool projects in the Marketplace, Bible based fun and games, following Jesus, & great foods.

Plus you’ll meet lots of new friends!

Follow Jesus Vacation Bible School

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Bethel Baptist Church offers free meals

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Strengthening families program offered

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Classes will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 am to 2 pm.

Living Word Church Highway 87 & FM 1006 • Orange • 735-6659 Sunday Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Wednesday evening 7 p.m.

Pastor: G.K. Samuel

Come as you are! www.livingwordtx.org

Slade Chapel 8 a.m. Praise Center 9 a.m. Sanctuary 11 a.m.

Sunday School (All ages) 10 a.m.

Pastor: Rev. John Warren, Director of Music and Fine Arts: Doug Rogers, Organist: Justin Sanders

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH 945 W. Roundbunch • Bridge City • 735-4523

Worship Services: Tradition 9 a.m., Sunday School 10:15 a.m., Contemporary Service 11 a.m., Monday ‘Compassionate Friends’ 6 p.m., Wednesday ‘Compassionate Friends’ 10 a.m.

Pastor Paul Zoch 409-988-3003 Our congregation welcomes the community to join us for all our services. We are a friendly, caring church of the future.

Orange First Church of the Nazarene Lead Pastor Ray McDowell. Worship Ministries Director: Leslie Hicks, Youth Pastor Michael Pigg, Children’s Pastor Rebekah Spell. Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Celebration Service 10:45 a.m.

Home Group 6 p.m. Wednesday Service 7 p.m.

Wesley United Methodist Church

Pastor: Randy Branch Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m.

Bible Study Wednesday 6 p.m.

www.orangewesley.org

Volunteer Foster Grandparents needed

The Enchanted Cottage will hold a workshop July 7, from 7:00-9:00 pm. The workshop will cover Trauma Bond to time. If you are experiencing seasonal devouring in your health, finances or relationships? Do you experience yesterday’s emotions in today’s day? If so you may be experiencing a trauma bond to time. This workshop will teach and equip you with the tools to cleanse your timeline to stop this seasonal devouring over you and your household. For reservations, call 782-0056.

First United Methodist Church - Orange 502 Sixth Street • 886-7466

401 N. 37th St. Orange 409-886-7276

Christian Women’s Job Corp - Golden Triangle is accepting applications for volunteers. Opportunities include mentoring, teaching life and job skills, and Bible study, to name a few. CWJC welcomes all Christian women, who would like to help change lives. To apply please call 882-7010.

Enchanted Cottage to hold counseling workshop

1155 W. Roundbunch • Bridge City • 409.735.5546 Sunday Morning Worship Experience: 8:15 a.m., Sunday school 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship 10:45 a.m. (Nursery provided).

For middle and senior high youth 3:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. Taize’ service for children 6:30 p.m. “Kids For Christ” Wednesday 6 p.m.-7 p.m. For information on pre-school enrollment 409-735-5546 Rev. Mark Bunch Email: office@stpaulfamily.org

3810 MLK Drive, Orange

Christian Women’s Job Corps seeks volunteers

The South East Texas Foster Grandparent Program needs volunteers at Bridge City Elementary. These men or women 55 and over volunteer by mentoring or tutoring children that are ‘at risk” They give one on one attention to these children. If you are interested in being a volunteer, please call Karen Gary, Volunteer Coordinator at 409-899-8444, ext 6441 Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

St. Paul United Methodist Church

www.fumcorange.com

FBC BC is offering members and non-members of the church the opportunity to purchase engraved bricks for themselves, or in honor of others.

The bricks will be laid around the church’s State Historical Marker located next to the Family Life Center, which is a very visible area. The number of bricks that are sold will determine the pattern. If there is a quick response to this program, there is a possibility that the project could begin or be completed by the July 12, 75th Church Anniversary Celebration. Order forms can be picked up at the church office or downloaded from the church’s webpage: www.fbcbc.org.

Spindletop Center Youth Prevention Services in collaboration with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension of Orange County will be offering a free strengthening families series for families with children ages 7-17. The families will meet once a week starting July 7 through Sept. 8, from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Strengthening Families topics include; communication/listening skills, limits and consequences, problem solving and negotiation skills, stress and anger management skills and extension programs.

Families interested please call the extension office at 882-7010.

9788 F.M. 105 Orangefield 409.735.3113

Sun: Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship Service 10:30 a.m., Evening Worship 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday evening services: Youth and Children 6:30 p.m., Praise and Prayer 6:30 p.m., Choir practice 7:30 p.m.

Pastor Cody Hogden Email: office@fbcof.com / Website: www.fbcof.com

The days adventures will end at 8:15 pm.

FBC Bridge City offers memorial bricks

Bethel Baptist Church, 2906 Western Ave., West Orange is offering free meals each Wednesday at 5:00 pm. For more information contact Pastor Frank Young at 936-465-1203.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ORANGEFIELD

TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH ORANGE 1819 16th Street • Orange • 886-1333

Faith United Methodist Church 8608 MLK Jr. Dr.• Orange • 886-1291 Sunday Worship 10:50 a.m. (Nursery provided) Sunday School 9:30 a.m. (all ages) Wednesdays- Stand 25 (Youth 6th-12th grade) 6-7 p.m.

Pastor: Dr. Billy Watson website: www.faithumc-orange.org

Harvest Chapel

1305 Irving St. • West Orange • 882-0862 Sunday Worship 10 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Night Service 6 p.m.

Wednesday Night Service: 6 p.m.

Pastor: Ruth Logan Burch

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Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Nursury Provided

First Baptist Church of Bridge City 200 W. Roundbunch • 735-3581

Interim Pastor Rev. Lynn Ashcroft Sunday schedule: Bible study 9:15 a.m., Celebration service 10:30 a.m., Youth bible study, dicipleship classes 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Children’s activities.

COWBOY CHURCH

OF ORANGE COUNTY 673 FM 1078 • Orange • 409-718-0269 E. Dale Lee, Pastor Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

“Round Pen” (Small group) Studies: Ladies and Mens Group: 7 p.m. Monday

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West Orange Christian Church

900 Lansing Street • West Orange • 882-0018 Sunday Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Wedensday evening 6 p.m.

Pastor: Kurtis Moffitt

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“Our church family welcomes you!”

19805 Highway 62 • 735-7126

www.westorangechurch.org

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Deaths and Memorials

John Snoddy Orange John Snoddy, 54, of Orange, went to be with his heavenly father June 28, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Houston, surrounded by his wife, children, and mother.

A memorial visitation will be from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, ursday, July 2, at Little Cypress Baptist Church.

A celebration of life will be at 1:00 pm, Friday, July 3, at Little Cypress Baptist Church in Orange. Officiating will be the Reve.David Turner. Interment of cremated remains will be held at a later date in Ashmore, Ill. Cremation is under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory.

Born in Charleston, Ill, June 1, 1961, he was the son of John F. (Frank) and Shirley Snoddy. John lived in Ashmore, until he graduated college and moved to Orange. He attended Ashmore grade school and then graduated from Charleston High School in 1979. He graduated from Lakeland College in Mattoon, Ill., with a degree in civil engineering technology in 1982.

He interviewed by telephone with Texas Department of Transportation, was hired, and moved to Orange in June of 1982. In 1988 he received a governor’s award from the state of Texas for his “cooperation and performance on project widening 1 mile stretch of McArthur Drive”. is involved cooperation of 73 businesses and numerous vehicles on this road per day. He retired from the Texas Department of Transportation in 2011 as the District Maintenance Supervisor after 29 years of service.

Upon arrival in Texas, he met Tammy Moreland from Indianola, Ill. ey were married Dec. 29, 1985. ey had two children; Erica and Frank.

John was a member of Ashmore First Baptist Church in Ashmore, until he moved his membership to Little Cypress Baptist Church in Orange. He was also a 30 year member of the Ashmore Masonic Lodge #390.

John was an avid car racing fan. He raced in two soap box derby races in Charleston, while in grade school. Later he became part of the pit crew for Denny Schwartz Racing and attended all of his races. When he returned to Illinois after moving to Orange, he spent all of his spare time at Denny’s garage. He started attending the Indy 500 with his dad while in high school and continued until illness would not let him go. He attended the Brickyard 400 every year through 2012. His favorite drivers were Jeff Gordon from Nascar and A.J. Foyt from Indy Racing. John’s life revolved around his family, his racing interests, smoking meats on the grill, and his dogs, Princess and Bliss. He, along with his wife and children returned to Illinois three times every year; Indy racing time, Brickyard racing time, and Christmas.

He was preceded in death by his father.

John is survived by his wife of 29 years, Tammy Snoddy; daughter, Erica Jacobson and husband Dusty, of Pine Ridge; son, Frank Snoddy, of Orange; mother, Shirley Snoddy, of Ashmore; sisters, Cindy Kuhn and husband Eddie, of Casey, Il., and Peggy Carter and husband Brad, of Edwardsville, Il.; along with several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

John’s family would like to thank everyone for all of the thoughts and prayers offered for him during his illness. Also a special thank you to everyone who donated blood; he used over 100 units during his illness.

Rollie Allen Orange Rollie E. Allen, MD, age 88, passed away peacefully at his home June 27, after a short illness. He was born in Lawton, Okla., July 29, 1926 to Dorothy Adeline Northrop and Rollie Henry Allen. He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Timothy Allen and the mother of his children, Katherine Allen.

He is survived by his wife of 34 years, Barbara Bryant Allen;

sister, Carol Evans of Maryland; children, Chris Allen of Austin, Jane Collins of Old Orange Beach, Me., Richard Allen and wife Glenda of Livingston, Paul Allen of Mt. Holly, NC, and David Allen of Grand Prairie; nine grandchildren, Brad Allen, Aaron Allen, Dr. Nikolas Collins and wife Ashley, Erick Allen, N a t h a n Allen and wife Hope, Rebecca Chairez and husband Pablo, Leah Anthony and husband Travis, Kevin Allen and wife Katelynn, and Brian Allen; three stepgrandchildren, Nick Savarino and wife Ashley, Steffen Savarino and wife Julie, and Steffany Wright and husband Dusty; 10 great-grandchildren and a host of extended family.

Rollie Allen was raised in Lawton and served during WWII as a Second Lieutenant. He went on to attend Oklahoma University School of Medicine, interned in Wichita Falls and completed his residency at Brackenridge Hospital of Austin. He moved to Orange, in 1955 and began his medical practice of 32 years, retiring Jan. 1, 1988. He then practiced as a Locum Tenens Physician, working all over Texas.

He was a longtime faithful member of First United Methodist Church of Orange where he served as an usher for many years. Rollie had a great love for the outdoors. He spent many hours hunting and fishing with great friends, as well as raising a vegetable garden and growing flowers. Dr. Allen was loved by his many patients throughout the years of his practice in Orange. He was told repeatedly how much he was missed as their family doctor. He was also a wonderful husband, father, and brother as well as a much loved grandfather and friend. He will be sorely missed by all.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, July 1, at First United Methodist Church of Orange, with a private burial held following the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church or to River City Hospice at 256 Strickland Dr, Orange, Texas 77630.

Kenneth Dickerson Orange Kenneth Adelbert Dickerson, 88, of Orange passed away ursday, June 25, at his residence.

Kenneth was born on March 30, 1927 in Beaumont, to Cleora (McDonald) and Richard Adelbert Dickerson.

He was a lifelong resident of Orange and member of Little Cypress Baptist Church.

Kenneth served his country from 1945 until 1947 as a cook in the US Army. He worked as a process operator at A. Schulman, retiring in 1986 after 27 years employment. He enjoyed cooking, traveling with his wife and refinishing old antique furniture. Kenneth was a loving person, who will be missed dearly.

He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Katherine Killian.

Kenneth is survived by his wife of 56 years, Emma Jean (Berwick) Dickerson of Orange; niece, Gerald Ann Shrode of Orange; great nieces, Vickie Lynn Lytle and Paula Hull; great nephew, Richard Shrode and host of friends.

A funeral service was held Sunday, June 28, at Dorman Funeral Home, with the Rev. David Turner officiating. Burial followed at Wilkinson Cemetery.

Condolences may be expressed for the family at www.dormanfuneralhome.com.

Charles Bale Bridge City Charles Leon Bale, 73, of Bridge City, passed away Friday, June 26, at Christus Hospital - St. Mary in Port Arthur.

Born Sept. 6, 1941 in Detroit,

Mi., to Charles Landers Bale and Betty Ailene (Gardner) Bale, he lived in Bridge City since 2002 and previously lived in Michigan.

Charles worked as a carpenter in the construction industry, he enjoyed visiting his regular social spots and spending time with his family. Charles will most fondly be remembered for his joke telling abilities and his friendly outgoing attitude. �Charles is preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Bonnie Jean Bale. ose who will most cherish his memory are his daughters, Sheila Bale Harper and Debbie Bale Sudderth both of Washington, Mi; sons, Stephen Bale of Michigan and Chuck Bale and wife, Laura of Linden, Mi.; sisters, Darlene Babineaux and husband, Walter of Hartburg and Charlotte Clark and husband, Roy of Hartburg; brothers, Wayne Bale and wife, Cathy of Byron, Michigan and Charles Wallace and wife, Janice of Colleyville; seven grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and extended family. ��Cremation arrangements have been entrusted to Dorman Funeral Home in Orange. For those who desire memorial donations, please make a donation to the funeral home in order to assist the family with final expenses. Condolences may be expressed for the family at www.dormanfuneralhome.com.

Joyce McGlothlin Vidor Joyce Edith Egulf McGlothlin, 83 died on Monday, June 22. She was a longtime resident of Vidor and a member of Pecan Acres Baptist Church in Vidor.

J o y c e worked as a pipe welder and retired from Bethlehem Steel and was the first woman to be inducted into the Pipefitters Local 195. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother and will be missed by all who knew her.

Joyce is survived by two sons, Ernest Egulf and wife Karen of Mauriceville, and James Egulf and wife Darlene of Vidor; daughter, Wanda Beth Varden; six grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two sons, Eugene Egulf and Jim Childress.

Funeral services were Friday, June 26, Memorial Funeral Home with interment following at Restlawn Memorial Park. e family wishes to thank the staff at Altus Cancer Center and Hospice and also to the staff at Oakwood Manor Nursing and Rehab for the love and care shown to Joyce.

Timberlee Gossett Kountze Timberlee Kaye Gossett, 22, of Kountze, died Wednesday, June 24. She was born Oct. 31, 1992, in Beaumont, to Kayce Lee Gossett. Timberlee was a 2011 graduate of Kountze High School.

She attended Stephen F. Austin University and worked at WalMart, Lumberton.

Survivors include her mother, Kayce Gossett Richardson; grandfather, Jerry Morgan of Kountze; grandmother, Linda Gossett of Orange; great-uncle, Tim Gossett and his wife, Heide, of Silsbee; uncles, Wesley Gossett and his wife, Monica, of Vidor; Tony Morgan and his wife, Amanda, and Jude Morgan and his wife, Brandi, all of Silsbee; and Geremy Howard and his wife, Deborah, of Crosby; aunts, Vanessa Hatfield of Humble and numerous cousins. She is preceded in death by her grandmother, Sharon “Dan Dan” Morgan and grandfather, Claud Eddie “Grandaddy” Gossett.

Her funeral service was Sunday, June 28, at Corner Stone Baptist Church, 1600 South Pine Street, Kountze, with her interment to follow at HerringtonHart Cemetery, Kountze.

Dr. Steven Mazzola Orange Dr. Steven D Mazzola, 61, of Orange, passed away June 23, peacefully at his home, surrounded by his loving family after a brief illness which he fought with courage and dignity.

Now, as his f a m i l y mourns his passing, they also celebrate all that he was to them.

A Memorial Mass was held Friday, June 26, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Orange, officiated by Father Tom Phelan. Immediately after the Mass at St. Francis, a private entombment will take place. Following entombment, the family will receive guests at the St. Francis San Damiano Center. Cremation is under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory.

Born in Orange, on March 21, 1954, he was the son of Benny Mazzola, Jr. and Irona (Tibby) Mazzola. Steven attended St. Mary School, and graduated from Stark High School in 1972.

He went on to receive his Bachelor of Science Degree from Lamar University, a Master’s Degree from Texas A&M, and his Medical Doctorate Degree from the University of Texas Medical School in 1986. He was a Board Certified Critical Care Internal Medicine Specialist in Orange for 29 years and loved his healing profession and caring for his patients.

In 1983 he married Linda Kay Hall of Orange and together they raised four children who he adored greatly and they loved him as their hero. He was the ultimate family man. He spent his life always trying to do everything he could for them and for all those around him. Steven was the most loving husband, dad, grandfather, son, brother, uncle, and physician, all wrapped up in a shy, unassuming, and very humble Christian man. He had a great sense of humor and was so much fun to be with during family times and gatherings. He honored and observed the traditions of family, faith, and holidays. He especially loved Christmas and was always eager to host an event. He loved his times at the lake house golfing, fishing, and simply being surrounded by his family and friends. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

He was preceded in death by his father, Benny Mazzola, Jr.; his brother, Dr. Benny (Beno) Mazzola, III; and his sister Virginia (Gigi) Mazzola Luna.

He is survived by his mother; his loving wife of 32 years, Linda Kay (Hall) Mazzola; sons, Steven Mazzola, Jr., and Adam Mazzola, both of Houston; daughters, Leslie and her husband, Dr. Justin Hogan of Baton Rouge and their daughter Parker Noelle, Lauren and husband Brandon Hogan of Orange; brother, Gilbert and wife Debbie Mazzola; sisters, Liz Oliva, Anita and husband Jim Layne and Gail and husband Paul Van Der Maas; parents-in-law, Martha and Stan Hall, all of Orange; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, patients, and colleagues, all of whom mourn his passing while celebrating the blessing that he was.

In lieu of flowers, the family of Dr. Mazzola requests that anyone wishing to make donations, make them to a charity of your choice or to e Dr. Steven D. Mazzola Scholarship Fund, c/o 202 Border St., Orange, Texas 77630.

Dennis Mathieson Bridge City Dennis Mathieson, born in Grove City, PA to Hubert and Pearl Roberta Mathieson, April 16, 1949, passed away at his residence in Bridge City, June 18.

Dennis is proceded in death by his parents.

He is survived by his wife, Lori Mathieson of Fairmont City PA; daughter Danielle Sauseda and her fiancé Billy Joe Griffin of Kirbyville, daughter

Nicole Benoit and her husband Todd Benoit of Orangefield, stepson Robbie Truitt of Fairmont City; sister Debbie Koprivnak and husband John “Chip” Koprivnak and sister Tracey Hughes all of Mercer PA. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Joshua Breed, Tyler Ibeck, Katlin Sauseda, Taylor Benoit, and Megan Ibeck, nephew Scott Koprivnak and nieces Wendy Hinkson, Candi Sue Dlugozima and Bobbi Jo Owens, many great nieces and nephews not to mention many friends from Mercer, Boston, as well as Texas.

Dennis enjoyed boating, skiing, golfing, racing and riding his Harley as well as spending time with his loved ones. He was an excellent athlete and had a love of life. ere will be many memories to cherish and he will be missed greatly.

Bobby Kagle Orange Bobby Ray Kagle, 81, of Orange passed away Sunday, June 21, at his residence.

He was born April 6, 1934 in Redwater, to Jack Kagle and Ouida Horton. He lived in the Orange area since 1940 and was a member of Church of Christ in M a u riceville. Bobby served his country during the Korean War in the Marine Corps from 1951 until 1954. He drove a dump truck for many years in the area and he enjoyed going fishing and watching boxing. Bobby was a loving person, who will be missed dearly.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Etta Ruth Kagle; sister, Ruby Kagle; brothers, Charles Coleman and Harry Coleman.

Bobby is survived by his sons, Lewis Kagle and wife, Sherrie of Buna, Rickey Kagle and wife, April of Deweyville and Justin Kagle of South Carolina; daughters, Lorrata Ann LaBlanc of Orange, Brenda Shepperd of Ohio and Kathy Marie Santos of Beaumont and brother, James Coleman of California. He is also survived by 15 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

A graveside service was held Saturday, June 27, at Linscomb Cemetery in Orange. Officiating was Justin McCorkle, Chris Eppler and Don Swanson.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Dorman Funeral Home. Condolences may be expressed for the family at www.dormanfuneralhome.com.

Kelly Walston Lake Charles Kelly Walston, loving husband of Natasha Stutts Walston, passed away at his home Saturday, June 27.

He was 46 years old.

Kelly was born June 1, 1969 to S h a r o n (Armstrong) and the late Marvin Ray Walston. He was a resident of Lake Charles, for four years.

He is survived by his children Jenna Katherine (Aaron) Bryan, Tala Kellynn Walston and Kayla Elizabeth Walston of St. Robert, MO; sisters Carolee (Roy) Wolfe of Orange and Amber Gunther of New Braunfels and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.

Kelly graduated from Lamar State College Orange in December 2010 with an A.A.S. in Information Technology Support. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Bridge City and a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 2523 for eight years where he served as Secretary for the past five years. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and gaming. Kelly was a loving man who devoted his life to his family.

A funeral service will be held Wednesday, July 1, at 2:00 p.m., with visitation beginning at 11:00 a.m. at Dorman Funeral Home. Bro. Steve Colburn will be officiating. Burial will follow at Bland Cemetery in Orange. Family and friends are invited to First Baptist Church

Bridge City, following the burial for a time of remembrance.

Henry Woodard Orange Henry “Sunshine” Earl Woodard, 66, of Orange passed away Sunday, June 28, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont.

Henry was born July 10, 1948 to Edna Earl (Cochran) and Amedee Meredith Woodard in Bon Wier.

He was a lifelong resident of Newton and Orange area and was a member of First United Methodist Church in Newton.

He was a Vietnam Veteran, serving his county in the US Army.

Henry was a tugboat captain for many years; he had work for Fosty Towing and Duval Towing, retiring in 1990. He enjoyed gardening of his flowers and vegetables and taking care of animals.

Henry was a loving person, who loved spending time with his children and grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Cora Ann Woodard and brothers, Jimmy and Jerry Woodard.

Henry is survived by his daughters, Cori Woodard of Newton, Elizabeth Marcoux and husband, Adam of Boyd, Eugenia Annette Swire of Newton, Alexis Williamson and husband, Brent of Pawcatuck, CT; grandchildren, Connie Curphey, Timothy Campbell, Cristin Coppock, Kenneth Swire, Ryan Morris, Erica Hardy, Keith Rochau, Michael Williamson, Henry Williamson, John Williamson, Samuel Williamson and 13 great grandchildren. He is also survived by his sisters, Ruth Green and husband, Buddy and Ruby Woodard, all of Deweyville, Wanda Stanley and husband, Verble of Starks and brother, Steve Woodard of Deweyville.

A visitation will be held on Wednesday, July 1, from 5:00 pm until 9:00 pm at Dorman Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held Thursday, July 2, at 10:00 am at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park.

William Hutson Hartburg William “WH” Henry Hutson, 70, of Hartburg passed away Monday, June 29, at his residence.

William was born May 23, 1945 in Orange to E s s i e (Mathe ws) and Grover Lester Hutson. He was a lifelong resident of Orange and Hartburg area.

He served in the US Army during the Vietnam War. He worked in construction and as a security guard in the later years.

William enjoyed the outdoors, going fishing, hunting and camping. He was also a licensed gunsmith and locksmith. William was a loving man who will be missed dearly.

He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, Douglas and Rex Hutson.

William is survived by his daughters, Tammy Boudreaux and husband, Jeffery of Rayne, LA, Marcia Meyers of Breaux Bridge, LA; sisters, Betty Storms of Starks, Ann Light and husband, Mickey of Buna, Vilda Knight of Hartburg; brothers, Earl Hutson and wife, Justine of Hartburg, James ” Pee Wee” Hutson and wife, Sharon of Forest Heights, Frank Hutson of Hartburg and Glen Hutson of Hartburg. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Jeffery Boudreaux Jr., Eli Boudreaux, Veronica Meyers, Kathern Meyers and numerous nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be held Thursday, July 2, at 2:00 pm at Dorman Funeral Home, with a gathering of family and friends from noon until service time.

Burial will follow at King Cemetery in Hartburg.

Condolences may be expressed for the family at www.dormanfuneralhome.com.

The Record • Week of Wednesday, July 1, 2015

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The Place We Call Home Roy Dunn Columnist For The Record

Some 90 years ago my father, Clay Dunn, started building the Silver Slipper Club. New Year’s Eve, 1925, he opened up the club on Lake Street, then known as the Ferry Crossing Road. The building, probably the oldest building in the city, stood for many years but was finally destroyed by Hurricane Ike. Later, in 1946, he built the Midway Motel, which included a restaurant and liquor store. The motel was Bridge City’s first and only motel.

The motel and the liquor store remained for over 40 years and was later turned into Granny’s Seafood. These buildings also became victim of Hurricane Ike. Clay had a lot of confidence in the growth of the area after Cow Bayou was dredged to the Intracoastal Canal and with the completing of the Rainbow Bridge. The community didn’t turn out to be the industrial Mecca he envisioned--probably because it ‘wasn’t served by a railroad but it grew into a good community.

In 1956, Phyl and I and our first born bought our home in Bridge City. We have since maintained a house in the city despite leaving for a short period. At the time, Texas Avenue was narrow and wasn’t crowded with through traffic. In fact, the youngsters rode their bikes on the highway until an accident occurred and killed two young girls.

After the Rainbow Bridge was completed more families moved to the community, getting away from city taxes and to acquire enough space to raise gardens, keep a milk cow or two, maybe a hog and a chicken pen. Most who moved to what was then known as a prairie, raised most of their food. Families mostly stuck to themselves except for church affiliation. Today, the city has many great churches. The area was known to be somewhat clannish.

It took us 20 years before we felt accepted.

I got involved with a fine group of men in youth activities. Most of them, being good craftsmen, helped build the first Little League baseball park off of Sunset, on Stark property. We also started up a football league and joined up with Orange Junior Football.

Hiney Dale Pate, a young lawyer and native of Austin, formally a UTA football player, came to town and hung his shingle at a residence owned by Bubba Hubbard, now the Firestone Credit Union location. Pate and the Steve Worster, Chief Wilson, Bridge City High School championship had a lot to do with changing Bridge City. It brought the community together. Pate would be one of the forces, along with Hubbard, Albert Gore and other business leaders in bringing incorporation of the city after two failed tries.

The attempt to incorporate wasn’t without opposition.

The earlier settlers didn’t want to go back to the city regulations they had moved away from. They feared, however, being annexed by the city of Orange or Port Arthur.

On July 7, 1970, the city of Bridge City was born. P.M. ‘Red’ Wood, by a majority of three votes, became the city’s first mayor. The Home-Rule Township was run by the mayor and council. Later the city adopted the city manager form of government. Red got the city off to a great start.

Pate became city attorney. The independent water district was taken over by the city. Pate would go on to serve the city just a few months shy of 35 years. The volunteer fire department created a fire district. The citizens voted it a tax district, and today Bridge City has one of the best volunteer fire departments in the state.

The city had many locally owned businesses, unique shops, run by enterprising people. Some remain today.

The business community took a dip with the coming of the area’s first Wal-Mart store. The businesses that withstood the Wal-Mart entry into the market were the independent pharmacies, Nick’s, King’s and Harrington’s were in Bridge City long before the area was incorporated and the citizens still preferred the personal service of the independent pharmacist. The only one that remains today is Family Pharmacy, Harrington’s old store. Walgreens and CVS have joined Wal-Mart making three national chains.

The second bridge over the Neches River brought a building boom and increased the traffic down Highway 87 from 18,000 cars to 44,000 a day through the city. Subdivisions, with expensive homes, started springing up.

The average family’s yearly income in the immediate Bridge City area is nearly $60,000 a year. The citizens are attracted to out-of-town businesses that feature items not available locally, such as car dealerships, furniture stores, department stores, etc.

The Penny Record has been the local newspaper for the area for nearly 60 years. It’s the publication that the citizens grew up with and depend on for the voice of local events. Surveys have shown that the paper is read by someone in over 90 percent of the homes in the trade area. It’s virtually impossible to reach the majority of the citizens with any other media. The Penny Record, that has had only four local ownerships, played a big part in the incorporation of the city by publishing the need. On the front page of the July 1, 1970 issue, the paper endorsed and urged the citizens to vote for incorporation. Walter Gaston, the publisher at the time, remained a citizen of the city until his death.

Bailey’s Fish Camp opened on July 4, 1921 where the Dryden Ferry brought travelers across the Neches River. Bailey’s was one of the first businesses with gas pumps. The Dryden Ferry brought commuters to the refineries and businesses in Port Arthur. The business had a dance hall upstairs and continued operation until 1954.

Many people, besides the good elected officials, had a lot to do with the growth and betterment of the community. A young banker, Fred Gregory, was named Bridge City Bank president. Fred, not tied down by today’s banking regulations, helped people go into business and helped keep others in business through hard times. My family was benefactors of his trust and helping hand. So were many others.

W.T. Oliver moved into the area, and with his promotional and organizational skills, helped build a community center. The citizens raised and pledged funds to get the project started. Local union crafts furnished the free manpower. Business partners Paul and Bobby Cormier, Fletcher Garner, Bubba Hubbard, Tim Edgar and I furnished the land, built the street and ran the sewer and water lines. We also built an adult baseball field, named after Asa Mansfield, county commissioner, who helped us. The property we donated now houses one of the area’s finest little league facilities, a football field, city park pavilion, community center, city library and senior citizens center. The property is now owned and maintained by the city.

It’s been a great place to live, raise a family and watch grandkids take pride in calling Bridge City home and attending a great school system. I’m proud of the part my family and I have played in the betterment of the place we call home.

We invite you to visit Bridge City. You’ll find some of the world’s friendliest people. If you are looking to make a move, it’s a great place to raise a family. The cows, pigs and chickens are gone but the spirit remains.

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• The Record • Week of Wednesday, July 1, 2015

You’re never too old to keep learning COLBURN-FISHING CAPT. DICKIE COLBURN FOR THE RECORD

“is bass ďŹ shing at night is just killing my white perch ďŹ shing,â€? said James Hughes, “but I am not complaining as the bite has been addicting.â€? e seventy-six year old retired carpenter usually spends the entire summer contentedly catching crappie over his brush piles with friends and the Grandkids, but that all changed two weeks ago. “e crappie bite has improved recently, but I haven’t ďŹ shed them since my oldest boy, Carl, got me to throwing that plastic frog a week or so ago,â€? stated Hughes.“ e only problem is that I am too old to hoot with the owls and soar with the eagles the next day so my crappie ďŹ shing has suered.â€?

It’s not like Hughes just discovered bass ďŹ shing.Prior to retiring and moving to Toledo Bend, he ďŹ shed darn near every tournament that he had the time and money to ďŹ sh. “Now days I ďŹ sh when I want to ďŹ sh rather than when I can ďŹ sh,â€? shared an obviously pleased Hughes. “All of this high water has made for a very weird year up here and for some reason I didn’t catch any really big bass this spring, but that all changed a couple of weekends back.â€? Rather than ďŹ sh their favorite deep water structure spots, Carl suggested that they give the shallow lay down grass a try one night. ey started with buzz baits, but the real fun started when Carl grew tired of peeling the grass o his bait and tied on a watermelon colored Ribbit.“ His ďŹ rst bass weighed just over eight pounds and he caught and released three more good bass before I could even ďŹ nd my ashlight and change baits,â€? laughed Hughes.

He hasn’t missed a single night since his son had to go back to work. “Carl calls me every afternoon See COLBURN, PAGE 3B

1963 Eagles were the first undefeated Orange LL team JOE KAZMAR KAZ’S KORNER FOR THE RECORD

Most of us reminisce back to the good times of our youth, recalling some of the memorable things that happened a long time ago and are not forgotten.

Keith Lindsey played as a 10-year-old in the Orange Little League on the Eagles team that went the entire 1963 regular season undefeated and then won the City Championship.

Earlier this year Lindsey thought it would be interesting to contact members of the team and recall some of the highlights of that incredible season.

As a sports reporter, I was very familiar with just about all of the 15 names on the Eagles’ roster plus the manager and assistant manager. e boys either played high school baseball and also played either for or against my Butler-Baker Connie Mack baseball team when they were 16, 17 and 18 years old. “What I remember best about our 1963 team is that the guys knew they were good, but also refrained from being cocky,� Lindsey evaluated.

Pitching is generally the strength of a winning team, especially on the Little League level and the Eagles were no exception. Hard-throwing Tom Ball was 7-0 with two no-hitters, Ronnie Hudson equaled his 7-0 record while John Folsom was 2-0.

I remember Ball pitching for the St. Mary’s Hornets before transferring to Lutcher Stark, where he and Hudson were counted on heavily for the Tigers. Lindsey played for the West Orange Chiefs and Billy Vincent played for the Little Cypress Bears.

But the Eagles had the heavy hitters, too. Lindsey spent days searching the archives of the hometown daily newspaper, picking out the games played by the Eagles during the 1963 Orange Little League season.

Fortunately for the youngsters during that era, the local newspaper saw to it that the results of the kids’ sports were reported and printed daily.

Ronnie Hudson led the team in home runs while Billy Vincent batted over .500 for the season, followed closely by Hudson, Ball and Henry Seals, who had averages better than .400.

Lindsey recalls that the league held tryouts and the talent was divided between ďŹ ve teams. e Eagles’ manager was W.L (Army) Armstrong who obviously had the right players in the correct positions with advice from assistant manager B. L. Samuelson. Cliord Weir was the business manager. e Eagles had several close calls in rolling up their 16-0 regular-season record. ey nipped Garrett’s 4-3 to win their ďŹ fth game of the season and then out-slugged Border Furniture the next game 10-8 by scoring three runs in the sixth inning. ey ďŹ nished the ďŹ rst half of the season by scoring all their runs in the ďŹ nal two innings to defeat the Slades 5-3 and then scored twice in the sixth inning to beat the Lions 6-4 and post an 8-0 record. e Eagles had only one close call during the second half, scoring three times in the sixth inning to edge past Border Furniture 8-5 and become the American League champions of the Orange Little League.

Coach Armstrong presented a game ball signed by all 15 Eagles’ players after each victory, so that everyone had one at season’s end.

Other members of the team included Keith Weir, Jack Weir (deceased), Danny Eastman (deceased), Glenn ibodeaux, Tommy Barnwell, John

Members of the 1963 Orange Little League team, the Eagles, are shown in an old program.

Fore, Mel Samuelson, Phillip Lietz and Joe Armstrong.

Ball hurled a one-hit shutout in the city championship game as the Eagles nipped Rotary 1-0. Bobby Oldham garnered the only hit for Rotary, while Ball, Fore and Samuelson provided the oense for the Eagles.

Ball, Hudson, Seals and Vincent were selected to the American League All-Star team along with Bruce Ebanks, Rick Laird, Tom Vandervoort and Alan Albers from the Slades, Robert Cipriano, Knox Gilmore, Ray Smith and Roger Mease represented Border Furniture, Ricky de Bic and Cotton Fuller were chosen from Garrett’s and Gary Marks and George Toal made the team from the Lions. e Orange Americans nipped Wesco Little League 7-6 in the ďŹ rst round but lost to Bridge City 5-2 in the next game.

Several of the 1963 Little Leaguers mentioned in this column still reside in the Orange area.

KWICKIES‌ e Houston Astros split a hard-fought four game series with the New York Yankees at Minute Maid Park last weekend. e Bronx Bombers’ two wins came on two swings of the bat—a three-run homer by See KORNER, PAGE 2B

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Thomas Football Camp Participants in the annual Earl Thomas III Football Camp gathered for a group photo at the conclusion of this past week’s event.

In a special surprise, Thomas took the opportunity during the camp to propose to his longtime girlfriend.

Colburn to see how I did the night before and it is just killing him. We caught three more fish over seven pounds before he had to leave and I have caught at least one bass that size or larger every night.”

Hughes said that he starts just after dark and usually fishes until midnight. “If the fish don’t quit biting I stay out until they do, but the latest I have fished is 2:00 in the morning.

Every strike is an adventure and I haven’t seen one other boat on the water!”

Hughes said that he is fishing the Ribbit on a 4/0 wide gap worm hook and retrieving it just fast enough to keep it on the surface. e subtle noise produced by the small paddle feet is apparently the ticket as the bass just explode on it rather than silently sucking it off the surface. “e thing I most like about the frog over the buzz bait is that when they miss it I can let it just sink for a second or two and more often than not they will come back for another shot.”

“My wife says the best part of all is that the only time I crank up the big engine is to run back to the camp and she doesn’t have to worry about me breaking down. I just put the troll motor down and start fishing the shoreline. I have caught a few nice bass around

Continued from Page 1B docks, but the biggest bass are holding in that scattered grass and a lot of it runs well off the bank. I’ve used up about two miles of shoreline since Carl left and it has all been good!” ey are fishing his brush piles without him, but Hughes is still getting his fair share of fried crappie. “Aileen and I don’t need but three or four to make a meal and the neighbors keep us in fillets. eir grandkids are out of school for the summer and they love fishing my brush piles.”

He added that the brush piles in 20 to 26 feet of water had been the most productive and that they were using only minnows. “I think they could catch them on jigs as well, but there is no since experimenting with the kids!”

Much closer to home, Simon’s Outfitters and Bass Kandi Baits announced that they are teaming up to host the Sabine River Challenge bass tournament on July 25th. It will be a team event and will be hosted out of the City launch on Simmons Drive here in Orange.

For more information at this point, you can drop by Simon’s Outfitters on MacArthur Drive.

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Korner Houston native Chris Young for a 32 win and a two-run double by Mark Teixeira that broke a 6-6 tie after the Astros rallied from a 6-0 deficit. e four-game series brought nearly 140,000 to Minute Maid Park including Saturday’s first non-season opening-game sellout since May 19, 2012 against the Texas Rangers when a Nolan Ryan bobblehead was given away. e Astros hosted Kansas City in a three-game series that began Monday when Houston sported a 44-34 record and a four-game lead over the LA Angels in the American League West Division. e Royals came to Houston boasting the best winning percentage in the league with a 44-28 record.

And when one thinks of the New York Yankees the name Yogi Berra comes to mind. e 90-year-old Yankee manager and Hall of Fame catcher is not doing too well in a retirement home. He really wanted to play for his home town St. Louis Cardinals, but the Yankees offered him a $500 signing bonus, so he signed

Continued from Page 1B with them and the rest is history.

Long-hitting Bubba Watson made an eight-foot putt for a birdie on the second extra hole to defeat Englishman Paul Casey and win the Travelers Championship Sunday at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn. e lefty swinging Watson continued his mastery in playoff competition by winning for the fifth time in six playoffs. Watson put together rounds of 62-67-68-67—264 for the $1,152,000 first place check.

Former Port Neches-Groves and Lamar University star golfer Chris Stroud tied for 10th place and collected $147,200.

And while on the subject of Pensacola native Bubba Watson, he recently became part owner of the Pensacola Wahoos, a Class AA affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds.

JUST BETWEEN US… It appears to me that Orange’s Earl omas III has outdone himself again with his fourth annual football camp last weekend at West Orange�Stark’s Dan Hooks Stadium. More than 1,000 youngsters, with some

coming from the Houston area and as far off as northern Louisiana and Arkansas, took advantage of the four-time Seattle Seahawks’ All-Pro safety’s generosity during the twoday camp that included offensive and defensive drills and seven-onseven competition. omas also made an unexpected donation of $10,000 from his foundation in Seattle to help both the West OrangeStark athletics and band department. “I included the band department because I was in the band until the 11th grade,” omas said proudly. His donation will be used to buy necessities such as shoes, jerseys and band equipment.

“I’m going to do everything I can to help these kids succeed,” he added.

Teammate Kam Chancellor, New Orleans Saints safety Kenny Vaccaro and Green Bay’s HaHa Clinton-Dix were some of the NFL players on hand to assist with Earl’s camp. As an added attraction, Earl proposed to his high school sweetheart Nina Baham-Heisser during the weekend festivities.

The Record • Week of Wednesday, July 1, 2015 •

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Orange holds second public hearing over annexation David Ball For e Record Now that the two public hearing are completed the city of Orange could possibly annex annex International paper on Highway 87 in Little Cypress at their next council meeting on either July 14 or 28.

One concerned party is the Orange County Emergency Services District #3 and what their status will be under the annexation and loss of funding. e first public hearing was held on June 24 and the second on June 29. e following discussion took place at the June 29 hearing.

City Manager Dr. Shawn Oubre led off the hearing speaking about the proposed service plan. e city will continue police and fire services to the mill under the industrial district contract. Other services such as water, street, sewage, etc. are part of negotiations and the finalized document.

Bobby Manshack, a member of the OCESD #3 board of directors, said asked about the annexation plan and service plan and if there’s one for paper mill itself?

Oubre said the Orange Economic Development Corporation has a service plan as well as

the city’s service plan. He added hew would get back with Manshack on this.

Manshack next asked about a 30-foot strip of land to be annexed.

“From where to where? It’s somewhat vague. I sold real estate for a long time in Bear Trails. I Can’t tell where strip is at. What is the purpose of the strip?” Manshack asked.

Oubre said it’s to meet the contingency requirement.

Manshack wanted to know when will the map detail of 30foot strip of land be available.

Oubre said it can be obtained under an open records request with the city attorney.

“I’m concerned about vagueness and the purpose of the strip,” he said.

Oubre said the city is confident in the area where it’s doing the annexation.

Manshack was concerned of what’s actually going to take place, what’s going to happen to Little Cypress and to the OCESD #3 and services it provides.

“It’s an aging community.

We’re getting constant calls. We have both kids and older people.

In 2000 we converted to an ESD,” he said. “We’ve increased property taxes to provide better services. We’ve capped off at $.03 (per $1.00). In 2004 we upped

Patriotism old Navy Park housing built by the Navy.

Billie said there were no houses to buy when they first arrived in Orange. When they bought their house in Navy Park the first thing they did was buy an air conditioner.

Robert worked for E.I. DuPont, Inc. and Billie worked for the War Assets Department at the U.S. Naval Base in Orange, processing paperwork to liquidate the base assets prior to its closing.

Bob continued working for DuPont until he retired in 1980. He passed away in 2004 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

“It was the most graceful service in Arlington. It was kind of like a funeral for a president. It was really impressive with the horse buggies, the bands

the cap and ability to collect a sales tax.

“Rural fire districts stand alone. We need enough of a money stream to step up our game and provide services. is will remove an extremely large part of our budget.”

Manshack said the OCESD #3 is also top heavy because it hires part-time professional firefighters. Some live in neighboring cities. e department follows standards from the state health department as well. ey have fully certified first responders.

As with other volunteer fire departments, the OCESD #3 has difficulty in finding volunteers.

“It’s a statewide problem of getting volunteers. We want to get everyone in compliance by getting them trained,” he said.

Manshack believes people’s lives in Little Cypress will be at risk and it’s not if, but when.

“People are in minutes of dying. It’s a very big concern of ours. If we’re not able to fund that, we will fade away. I understand about city of Orange wanting to prosper and International Paper wanting to prosper. We ask you give due consideration to the consequences annexation will entail in its present form and it will have a detrimental effect on ESD #3. Nearly 100 percent of calls are medical.

Continued from Page 5A and the planes flying overhead,” she said.

Billie added she can be buried at Arlington too if she wishes.

Billie currently resides in Pinehurst and she had a birthday party with family and friends at the Sunset Grove Country Club in Orange when she turned 90.

She has been an active member of the First United Methodist Church in Orange since 1950 and is still active playing bridge, gardening and shopping. “e war was horrible. Everyone was upset about the war. ey wanted their sons and daughters to bet back. A lot were missing. It affected every family,” Billie said.

The Orange County Emergency Services District #3 was planning to build a new fire station in Little Cypress but the OCESD #3’s funding would be affected negatively if International Paper is annexed by the city of Orange because they fund 50 percent of the ESD in property and sales tax. The city of Orange completed its second public hearing on the annexation this week and could possibly approve the annexation at the meetings in July.

Our paid staff is as good as any and what we do with tax dollars and where we put that tax dollar,” Manshack said.

Manshack next asked Oubre about the 1,150 acres total to be annexed in the original agreement and the new verbiage that says it’s 1,160 acres.

“Why the increase? Where is it at and what’s the purpose of the increase? We want the city to do what it does best for the citizens. I consider myself an Orange person. I hope the financial incentives worked out doesn’t take out the taxes they would be saving because of the annexation,” he said.

Manshack said the OCESD #3 personnel are very aware what they’re doing and why they are there, but he feels their hands are being tied. “I know the good we can do and the good we have done. It takes money to do that.

When we don’t have it, it affects us,” he said.

He said the OCESD #3 needs to come up with some type of plan to continue some type of service.

“I take it very seriously. We use those tax dollars wisely and frugally and we’re a good steward. We can do good things with that money and that’s what we’ve done. It’s not our money,” Manshack said.

Resident Barry Bates next spoke at the podium.

He said he spoke with County Judge Brint Carlton about a decrease in taxable real property because of the annexation.

Bates said the tax abatement is for $80 million and would the annexation violate contracts that were completed with Temple Inland (who owned the mill before International Paper).

Mayor Jimmy Sims said that agreement is with the county while this agreement is with the city.

Bates said it’s decreasing tax value by $300,000 on this agreement. Oubre asked if he was referring to what a county elected official said? “You need to direct your question (with county),” Oubre said.

Manshack asked what the timeline is behind the public

hearings and if the city’s system of government will be an ordinance with two readings before it was approved.Oubre answered yes.

Manshack next asked if it would be approved at the next available city council meeting?

Oubre said he didn’t know.

Manshack asked if there was a period of negotiation in the process with entities out at the mill and if Oubre was aware of that? Oubre answered he was aware.

Manshack wanted to know how residents in Little Cypress would be notified?

Oubre said Manshack is not part of property owners being annexed and would not be notified.

“Is there another opportunity to negotiate with taxing entities out there?” Manshack asked.

City Attorney John Cash Smith said the annexation has been verified with “good outside counsel in Austin.”

“It was addressed in time frame. It has nothing to do with See HEARING, PAGE 4B

4B • The Record • Week of Wednesday, July 1, 2015

City of Orange releases resolution on VA hospital support David Ball For e Record Orange City Manager Shawn Oubre spoke at last Monday’s Orange County Commissioners Court meeting on the possibility of converting Baptist Orange Hospital into a Veterans Administration Medical Inpatient Hospital.

On Thursday he released a press release detailing the city and the county’s resolution of support for the effort.

Oubre wrote: With the closing of Inpatient Services at Baptist Hospital Orange, a group of elected and appointed officials, business leaders, and local physicians have come together to look for replacements and alternatives in our medical community.

One suggestion was to use the current Baptist Orange Hospital facility as a VA Inpatient Services location.

Congressman (Brian) Babin and his staff have been very helpful with supplying information and holding a conference

call with VA representatives.

No negotiations have occurred between any party and Baptist Hospitals of South East Texas as to the future of the property. I have advised them that the county would be seeking consideration from the VA. With over 6,000 veterans living in Orange County, the two nearest locations for inpatient care are Houston, TX and Baton Rouge, LA. This may be an opportune time to consider this.

You will see many entities in Orange County supporting a resolution and offering a support letter to be sent to the VA for consideration.

I want to thank the many people involved in the discussions and also thank (County) Judge Brint Carlton, Mayor Jimmy Sims and the City Council of Orange for the many meetings that have occurred to get to this point. Also, assisting in this endeavor have been Mr. Walter Riedel of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation and Dr. Calvin

Parker. Lastly, Congressman Babin and his staff for their guidance and support.

Mary Poole, director of public relations, Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas, wrote to Oubre to congratulate everyone on their progress thus far on the attempt to secure VA Inpatient Services in Orange County and the efforts of their team are to be commended.

“Please share with your task group, the Commissioners, Congressman Babin and the VA representatives that Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas is very willing to discuss options for the Orange facility, we are genuinely interested in collaborating to benefit our Veterans,” she wrote. “We look forward to hearing more information as this project progresses. Please stay in touch and keep us posted on the progress.”

Poole concluded by thanking Oubre for taking the time to make a difference to the men and women who have protected our families, our community and our country.

Hearing the annexation, but it is a requirement.

Everything’s been done legally and correctly,” Smith said.

Manshack answered he has no intention of voiding the negotiations.

Joe Parkhurst presdient of the OCESD #3 board of directors, said they were presently in a plight and they can’t offer services if they lose half of their income.

“It excludes us and Orange benefits with the negotiations,” he said. “It’s not a money proposition. International Paper is complaining about the amount of taxes it paid.

It’s about Orange’s extraterritorial jurisdiction in lieu of taxes payments and a strongarm contract.”

Parkhurst said if a businessman doesn’t charge as much as the next businessman, then something is wrong. e sales tax will be out of the OCESD #3 board’s pocket and $85,000 in property taxes from International Paper. Orange’s industrial contract with them is more than $300,000. “ey don’t care about the people without services. We’ll have no paid firemen while volunteers are working. We can’t get volunteers trained as professionals. ere won’t be first responders. Ninety percent of our calls are medical and there’s 5,000 people who

Orange City Manager Shawn Oubre spoke at last Monday’s Orange County Commissioners Court meeting on the possibility of converting Baptist Orange Hospital into a Veterans Administration Medical Inpatient Hospital.

Continued from Page 3B live there,” Parkhurst said. “People in the grocery store ask me what will happen or what will we do. I say we can only wait and see what Orange will do. Maybe we can reach two or three council members (before they vote). is will kill us.”

He said International Paper came to the OCESD #3 the same time as they did with Orange and the company wants to get out of the industrial contract with the city so they wouldn’t have to pay Orange.

Parkhurst concluded by saying the OCESD #3 is working with their lawyers on the legalities of the annexation and how one entity can pay at one rate and another entity at another rate.

In a prior article in e Record, Parkhurst said the OCESD #3 was ready to build a new fire station.

“Now we have to put that on hold because we don’t know the funds will be there,” he said. “It was a shocker. I hope it’s just a threat and they will not follow through.”

Parkhurst said the OCESD#3’s funding would be affected negatively if International Paper is annexed because they fund 50 percent of the ESD in property and sales tax. He added International Paper is not really wanting to sign a contract.

If annexed, the city will provide fire protection in addition to police protection.

“Who runs out there for medical and rescues. It’s so far out there. e nearest station is at Meeks and Allie Payne. All of the territory in between won’t have fire protection,” he said.

In response, Dr. Shawn Oubre, Orange city manager, said they were in the process of negotiating with International Paper over the contents of the language of the contract.

He said the main step to annexations is giving notice to taxing entities if they lose their taxing properties.

“In case they incur debt they won’t have a funding source. It’s been long, lengthy negotiations,” he said. “e city provided services in the late ‘60s for industrial district contracts. e city will protect and continue services.”

Oubre said the city always has provided police and fire protection to its boundaries.

Other things, such as some infrastructure, are “somewhat negotiable.”

He added he doesn’t know what will happen to the OCESD #3 funding, but that the city is still in negotiating with the company and he doesn’t know the numbers or the budget of the OCESD #3.

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The Ava.

History on the Bayou With their doors and tops off they cover the sandy beaches and ride all day and night displaying their jeeps for everyone to see and for their family and friends to enjoy.

Jeepers lead special life Jeff Fults For the Record Not to many years ago if you were to stop at a red light, more than likely you would not have noticed a jeep anywhere to be around, or you may have seen a straggler here or there.

Times have changed my friends, there are more jeeps now on the streets, woods, and beaches than ever before. Since the four door has made it to the fore front and is now more family friendly, countless numbers of Jeeps can been seen. ey come in all shapes and sizes. Big ones, short ones, well you get the idea. Some Jeep owners display their own flare or personality, many even name them.

Another facet with “Jeepers” are groups, or clubs that you can join or be associated with.

One local Facebook club,

SETX Jeepers, has over 4,000 members. What is so inspiring is all the charity work these clubs offer, and put together when those are in need. Just recently you could have seen many working for foster children collecting school supplies held at Mid County Jeep. is particular group has participated in Lone Survivor, Blue Santa, Heritage Festival, CPS Christmas and for many individuals that may have needed a helping hand. Christmas and Mardi Gras are now lined with decorated Jeeps in each county .

Not unlike motorcyclists having their own low hand wave to each other, Jeepers also wave to each fellow Jeeper they come in contact with.

At times you can find someone on facebook in need of help,from mechanical advice to getting unstuck, within minuets

help is offered. An event that has had turnouts into the several thousands, is the “Go Topless” weekend held from Mac Faddin to Crystal Beach , meaning jeeps with no tops.

With their doors and tops off they cover the sandy beaches and ride all day and night displaying their jeeps for everyone to see and for their family and friends to enjoy. I have had the pleasure to meet with several of those that are extremely involved from selling club stickers and shirts, to monitoring websites.

Renee’ Moity and Rachael Henley of SETX Jeepers could not have been anymore hospitable, Alex Parker was the go to guy that knows all about jeeps.

As a Jeep owner myself, I can tell you I definitely enjoy my “ Sports Junkie” but now with many more that has the same interest it is that much more exciting.

Marilyn Joe Bailey McKeown was raised on the banks of Cow Bayou. Her dad, Joe Bailey, owned and operated Joe Bailey’s Fish Camp on the downstream side of the Cow Bayou swing bridge on Hwy 87. Her family lived on the property the Fish Camp was located on.

“Joe Bailey’s” as it was known was a great place to eat, listen to music, dance, and just have a good time in general. For a time the dock behind the Fish Camp was the home of the Ava. “When I was about ten years old daddy told us he was going to an auction at Texaco in Port Neches. ey were selling off equipment and mother and daddy were thinking about adding a restaurant and thought Texaco may have some kitchen equipment for sale. Mother told me later that Daddy had bought a boat and was going to sail it home,” said McKeown. “When Mother told me it was about time for the boat to be coming home, we went out and stood on the boat dock and waited. Looking down the bayou, I finally saw the boat coming. It kept coming and coming! It was the biggest boat I had ever seen!” e little girl was seeing the Ava for the first time. e Ava had been the company yacht for the Texaco in Port Arthur. Formerly the Texas Company, Texaco was one of the large oil companies that formed after the oil discovery at Spindletop in 1901. e refinery in Port Arthur was one of the largest in the world and Texaco had docks and other facilities on the Neches River at Port Neches. roughout the 1930s and 40s, company officials would come to Port Arthur to do business at the refinery and they would often be taken out and entertained on the majestic Ava. Ava was a trim lady, about 60 feet long, painted white with green trim, and 10 square windows and six portholes on each side of her main deck. On the upper deck were eight square windows on each side. ere was an awning over the fan deck and the framework to hang an awning on the forward deck, ahead of the

pilot house.

She was a grand vessel for the executives to cruise on and admire the scenery while sipping drinks and eating fresh Gulf Coast seafood under the awnings.

Ava was outfitted with fine china, silver, and linens, all bearing the corporate logo. Her furniture equaled that of the finest hotels. ere was a piano, poker tables, a pool table and even a dice table to shoot craps on. She was outfitted in the finest fashion to carry Texaco’s highest officials.

But, like a beautiful lady with a wart on her nose, the Ava had a flaw. She had a flat bottom. At the time she was constructed, no one paid any attention to that detail. As long as she sailed the Neches River and Sabine Lake in calm waters, she was wonderful. One time however she was taken outside the jetties at Sabine Pass and into the Gulf of Mexico. All was well until a series of “rollers” came upon her from the side. Rollers are low waves that come one after the other in an almost rhythmic way. ey pushed Ava onto her side, she rolled upright and was hit by another wave and then another. When the rollers stopped, the Ava was in a chaotic state. Everything loose had been flung around. e flinging was so hard that the dice table ended up atop the piano. e Ava was turned toward Port Neches and never went into the Gulf again. She spent the rest of her time with Texaco docked at Port Neches and sailing the Neches River and other inland area waterways.

Tycoons tire of their toys and the Ava for all her grandeur was merely a toy. After being docked, unused for several years the decision was made to auction her off to the highest bidder. at turned out to be Joe Bailey and the Ava became his personal yacht.

“She was very nice. ey left all the furnishings See HISTORY, PAGE 7B

6B • The Record • Week of Wednesday, July 1, 2015

OCP starts 58th season Theater features Tenor, Birdie & Magnolias e Orange Community Players will open their 58th consecutive season with the screwball comedy “Lend me a Tenor.”

Set in 1934, the famous tenor, Tito Morelli, is due to perform at the Cleveland Grand Opera Company. He arrives late, is given a double dose of tranquilizers and passes out. In an attempt to fool the audience, general manager Saunders persuades a fellow named Max to dress in Morelli’s costume and perform as “Il Stupendo”, Tito Morelli. e madcap comedy will be the main stage directorial debut of Rico Vasquez. “Lend me a Tenor” is guaranteed to keep the audience in side splitting laughter. “Tenor’ opens August 13.

October will once again bring “Bye Bye Birdie” to the OCP stage.

Conrad Birdie, rock and roll singer who causes females to faint with his hip swinging gyrations and brassy singing has been drafted. For his farewell performance before reporting to the Army, he will bestow a kiss on an All American teenage girl from Sweet Apple Ohio, Kim McAffee. Birdie’s appearance in Sweet Apple sets the town and the McAffee household topsy turvey. e kiss is to be bestowed to Kim on the Ed Sullivan Show. e show is a satire done with affection and gives insight into everyday small town life. It is a “feel good” musical that will be as enjoyable to the cast as to the audience. omas May will direct the show. May’s last effort at OCP was as assistant director of the well received “Shipwrecked.” “Birdie” opens October 22.

OCP veteran and current board president Diana

Hill will direct “Steel Magnolias”, the story of a group of gossipy ladies in a small town beauty parlor. e play is funny and heartwarming at the same time as the story unfolds. e beauty shop is the one where everyone who is anyone in that small town goes to get their hair done with a side order of the latest local gossip. ere is tragedy in the second act that brings the ladies together and shows the underlying strength of all of them, even Ouiser who has, as she says, “been in a bad mood for forty years.” is is a show to not miss. It opens February 11, 2016 for the first of two three day runs. ere will also be two matinees.

Ending the season will be “Into the Woods”. e play brings the Brothers Grimm storybook characters to the stage. e story follows a baker and his wife who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes she could attend the king’s festival; and Jack who wishes his cow would give milk. e baker and his wife learn they cannot have a child because of a witch’s curse. ey set off on a journey to break the curse and get everyone’s wishes granted. e musically sophisticated show gives actors an opportunity to show their comedic skills. Veteran director and actor Codie Vasquez will be the director to bring Grimm’s characters to the stage beginning April 14, 2016.

Currently at OCP the Young People’s eater Workshop is in rehearsal for the 2015 show. ere are 35 youngsters enrolled in the workshop and are eagerly working on acting, singing, and dancing. e show opens July 16 for three performances.

Taste of Southeast Texas

Orange Dreamsicle Cake NANCY’S KITCHEN Nancy McWhorter e Record It is Monday, June 29 as I sit at my computer to write this for the Record. It is a special day of memories for me because it is my precious daughter’s (Carol Jeannette Farley) 60th birthday.

Carol has been a joy since the day she was born. She is a caring, loving, fun person and is the light of my (and many others) life. We have an outstanding mother-daughter relationship and she is always there for me when I, in my old age, need her help. God has truly blessed me since that day she was born in 1955.

Carol’s husband, Herb, gave her a SURPRISE birthday party Saturday. Many of her friends and family attended. Herb barbequed ribs and sausage; friends provided the potato salad, baked beans, all the trimmings and of course the cake with a black icing. Decorations were all in “black over the hill” theme. It was a BIG successful surprise for Carol and a fun time for all there.

Carol’s favorite food is shrimp.

Once when she was about 7 years old we were vacationing in Colorado and we had been driving through a rough, deserted terrain. It had been a long drive with no place to eat. Everyone

was hungry and we finally came to a restaurant. Now we were from the Texas Coast where seafood is plentiful and what did Carol order? You guessed it …

SHRIMP. So the dinner I am preparing for her and family this evening is a shrimp casserole of course.

Now Carol is not big on sweets or desserts. She does like Strawberry Shortcake and anything Orange Dreamsicle flavored so I have opted to prepare this birthday cake for our dessert. It is a single layered amazingly delicious cake and easy to prepare … a KEEPER recipe for your files.

Orange Dreamsicle Cake 1 box yellow cake mix

Cookies and Cream EVY’S CAJUN KITCHEN Evelyn Brandon e Record It’s hot y’all! When it’s hot like this, lots of people want to eat cool refreshing foods and desserts. is dessert would be perfect to serve for the upcoming 4th of July festivities. It’s a great pot luck dinner or just something to make for family and friends who stop by to visit on those warm days.

My family loves all kinds of

sweets, so this is a never-fail recipe for me to take to any family gathering. Cookies and Cream never lasts when it shows up for any gathering, so double the recipe and it should go a tad bit further.

Cookies and Cream

1 bag Oreos, crushed (I like double stuff Oreos) 8 ounce cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup butter 1 cup powdered sugar 3 cups milk 2 small boxes instant vanilla pud-

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The 58th season of the Orange Community Players includes Lend Me A Tenor, Bye Bye Birdie, Steel Magnolias and Into the Woods.

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MISSING SHIH-POO St. Mary Catholic School was honored to host a part of the 1965 class reunion. Alumni and their signifant others participated in a weekend filled with activities that brought this class together. Along with dinner and Mass, the class met at the school for fellowship, a tour of the school and a video that consisted of high school pictures.

Pictured top row right to left - Byron Parker, Jimmy Verrett, Carroll Hutchison, Gary Phillips, Louise Blanda Cascio, Mary Beth Guidry Derouen, Sandra Floyd Guillory, Elizabeth Britton Smith, Mary Ann Todaro Scofield, Gearldine Gauthier Bagesse, Virge Ray Bagesse and Catherine Hicks Cathey.

Bottom row right to left - Skipper Arsenault, Nancy Young Smith, Theresa Dubois O’Quinn, Rosalie Todaro Clark and Anna Mazzola Traudt.

Cowboys, cattle and ... gold?

By Senator Robert Nichols For e Record On June 14th, we commemorated the adoption of a flag with 13 stars and stripes to represent our nation and our founding colonies, with the stars set on a blue background to “represent a new constellation” in the night sky. While the stars in our current flag have changed to 50, the pride behind our flag has not.

Here are five things happening around your state: Proposition 7 During the 84th Legislative Session, I authored and passed Senate Joint Resolution 5, which will dedicate a portion of the state’s sales and motor vehicle sales tax to the State Highway Fund. is constitutional amendment must be approved by the voters during the November 3, 2015 election. Over the next few months, I will be traveling around Senate District 3 and the State to educate Texans on this important proposal.

As there are six additional constitutional amendments on the November ballot, the Texas Secretary of State’s Office recently held a drawing to determine the rankings of the constitutional amendments on the ballot. My proposed transportation amendment will appear as Proposition 7.

To find out more about the other proposed propositions as well as to ensure you are registered to vote you can visit

www.votetexas.gov.

Texas Gold Rush While Texas has long been known for things such as cowboys, oil and cattle, we could very soon be known for gold as well. Governor Abbott recently signed HB 483 into law, authorizing the Texas Comptroller’s Office to create the state’s first bullion depository. is would provide a secure facility to store around $1 billion of gold bars owned by the University of Texas Investment Management Co., which are currently housed at a bank in New York. e depository could also hold deposits of gold and other precious metals from cities, businesses, individuals and countries.

Veto Period In my last column I told you about the Governor’s veto period and how he had until June 21st to veto bills. at deadline has passed and Governor Abbott has vetoed 42 of the 1,408 bills and resolutions passed by the Legislature. With his line-item veto authority, he also cut $230 million from the state’s $209 billion budget the Legislature had set for the next two years. I am very proud of the work the Legislature accomplished this session and look forward to getting back to the district and sharing with you all that we accomplished.

Come and Get It! Did you know that one in four Texans have unclaimed property from forgotten bank accounts,

uncashed checks, utility refunds and more? Banks and other entities make an effort to reunite this money with its owners, but if they cannot after a certain period, state law mandates the assets be turned over to the Comptroller’s office. e Comptroller’s Unclaimed Property Division works diligently to give Texas citizens back what is truly theirs. Currently, approximately $3.4 billion in property has not been claimed

by Texans. In 2014, the state returned more than $200 million to its owners.

Fourth of July As a child, I was always fascinated with fireworks. I worked my way through college by setting up stands and selling fireworks.

To this day I am still fascinated with them and they are one of my favorite ways to mark a holiday.

Fourth of July is probably the most notable holiday for fireworks, but did you know the 84th Legislature approved for fireworks to also be sold during Texas Independence Day, San Jacinto Day and Memorial Day? John Adams once said the Fourth of July should be “solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.” Whether you take one of John Adam’s suggestions or do something different, I hope you celebrate the Fourth of July with family and friends as I know mine will be.

Sasha has been missing since Friday, June 26, from Waterwood Estates in Bridge City. She is wearing a pink collar with no tag.

If you have any information, please contact Toni Copley at 409-720-7222 or 409-735-2332.

The address is 403 Pintail Ln., Orange, Tx. 77630.

History and the furniture on her. ere were so many nice things I could hardly believe it. After she was cleaned up, it was fun to take trips on her,” said McKeown.

After sitting unused by Texaco for years, her white and green paint needed attention. e mahogany floors needed to be sanded and refinished, and there was a lot of brass to clean and polish.

Joe Bailey was a well known man with many friends, several of them came to help him clean and restore the Ava. “We had friends that helped us a lot.

Viola Tillery made some drapes and bedspreads. June and Vern Pepper, Clifton Delahoussaye, and A. J. or maybe O.J. Porterfield helped with the scrubbing, sanding and polishing that need to be done. Bettye Guidry, a friend of McKeown’s said that she remembered all the sanding and varnishing and painting that needed to be done. “It was never ending,” said Guidry.

Guidry was one of McKeown’s friends that often help maintain the Ava. “We all had a good time on the Ava. The galley was my fa-

Continued from Page 5B vorite place because it had a dumbwaiter. I had never seen one. It was linked to the dining room with a bell on each end.

The bell would be rung so that someone would know to pull the rope to either raise or lower it. My friends and I would pass messages to each other with the dumbwaiter,” said Mckeown.

The engine room contained two nearly new diesel engines.

The engine telegraph was another source of amusement for McKeown. “I liked the telegraph, you could pull the handles and the thing would go ding, ding, ding in the engine room. The engines were always kept very clean. I liked going into the engine room, but I was not allowed to go into it if they were running unless there was an adult with me,” said McKeown. e Ava was always docked facing upstream. To turn her around for a downstream voyage required the captain to do a delicate ballet of forward and backward motions with careful turns to keep from hitting the bridge pylons.

“I only remember going on one overnight trip. I don’t re-

member where we went but I remember watching the shoreline and an occasional flock of birds, and a few tugboats and barges.

My friend and I played canasta and listened to a singer belting out songs and playing the piano.

We ate shrimp and hamburgers and played with our Barbie dolls outside on the top deck, “said McKeown. “Eventually we went into one of the rooms that had eight bunks in it. e vibrations of the motors and the music put us to sleep.” e day finally came when Bailey decided to sell the Ava. She was not being used much and he decided to pass her along.

In her later life, the Ava was dry docked and used as a restaurant on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

McKeown grew up, married, and lived in several countries before settling with her husband and children in Australia. Bridge City will always be her home and memories of her life on Cow Bayou remain close to her heart.

When she smells a salt breeze and gets a whiff of diesel fuel, she once again becomes the small girl on the big boat on Cow Bayou.

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The Record • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2015 9B NOTICE OF RATE CHANGE REQUEST On June 12, 2015, Entergy Texas, Inc. (“Entergy Texas”) filed its STATEMENT OF INTENT AND APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO CHANGE RATES (“Application”). Entergy Texas filed its Application with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (“Commission”) and with those municipal authorities in its service territory that have original jurisdiction over Entergy Texas’ electric rates.

Statement of Intent to Change Rates Entergy Texas’ Application requests an increase in rates based on operating expenses incurred during the 12-month test year period ending December 31, 2014 and capital additions to rate base for the period April 2013 through December 2014 as well as a post test year adjustment to provide for recovery of the capital investment, operating expenses, and taxes related to Entergy Texas’ proposed acquisition of Union Power Station Power Block One. Entergy Texas further requests that the Commission reconcile its existing distribution cost recovery factor (“DCRF”) and requests approval of two new rate schedules/riders.

The Application includes the following requests, among other things: • Entergy Texas proposes an increase in its base rates and rider rates designed to collect a total non-fuel retail revenue requirement for Entergy Texas of approximately $901.4 million per year, which is an increase of $75.3 million, or 9.12%, compared to adjusted retail base rate and rider revenues resulting from the Commission’s Order in Docket No. 41791, which was Entergy Texas’ last base rate case, and Docket No. 43111, which was Entergy Texas’ DCRF case. This proposal represents an increase in overall revenues, including fuel, of 5.81%. This increase includes a limited-term Rate Case Expense Rider, described below, to recover approximately $3.017 million each year for three years.

Additional Tariff Revisions Entergy Texas is proposing to add two new rate schedules or riders as follows: • A Rate Case Expense Rider (“Rider RCE-4”), which is designed to recover, over a three-year period, certain rate case expenses of Entergy Texas and participating municipalities, consistent with PURA §§ 36.061(b)(2) and 33.023(b). In particular, Entergy Texas seeks to recover expenses reasonably and necessarily incurred in relation to (1) this proceeding (Docket No. 44704) and (2) certain allowed, remaining expenses for the appeals of Entergy Texas base rate case Docket No. 39896, and its associated rate case expense proceeding, Docket No. 40295. Entergy Texas estimates such total costs at approximately $9.051 million, which would result in recovery of approximately $3.017 million per year. However, it is further proposed that Rider RCE4 be set to collect the amount of reasonable and necessary rate case expenses actually incurred, as determined by the Commission. This rider would terminate in approximately three years, after all the approved revenues are collected. This rider would affect all Entergy Texas retail rate classes.

• A new Area Lighting Service tariff schedule specific for Light Emitting Diode (“LED”) technology, which Entergy Texas proposes to name Schedule ALS-LED. For this schedule, Entergy Texas proposes to offer seven new LED lighting options for private area lighting. Rates under this schedule will range from $9.23 to $20.71 per month, depending on the option selected.

To the extent a proposed new rider or schedule is not approved as requested as a separate rider or schedule, Entergy Texas proposes to recover the costs that it sought to recover through the rider or schedule through its base rates or other rate mechanism designed to recover non-fuel costs. Entergy Texas further requests that the Commission grant good cause exceptions to the extent necessary to support any variance from the Commission’s Rules.

In addition, Entergy Texas is proposing to modify terms and charges in a number of its rate schedules. Proposed changes to Schedule Miscellaneous Electric Service Charges will result in a reduction of approximately $75,906 that is included in the retail revenue requirement stated above. Proposed changes to the schedule for Street and Highway Lighting Service – LED would offer five new LED lighting options with rates ranging from $10.53 to $18.61 per month, depending on the option selected. Rider Schedule CGS, regarding Competitive Generation Service, would also be affected by this application.

The production costs associated with Entergy Texas’ Competitive Generation Service program, and the related credit to customers under Section VI.B of Rider CGS, would increase from $6.62/kW to $7.58/kW per month. Entergy Texas also proposes minor modifications to a number of rate schedules, which are detailed in the tariff manual provided in Schedule Q-8.8 of the rate filing package on file with the Commission and each municipality exercising original jurisdiction over Entergy Texas’ rates.

Effect on Customer Classes All customers and classes of customers receiving retail electric service from Entergy Texas will be affected by the proposed rate changes contained in the Application. The following table shows the effect of the proposed base rate and tariff changes on existing rate classes:

HELP WANTED ROBERT’S MEAT MARKET is hiring experienced cashiers for the meat market only and meat market help.

Apply in person only in the Meat Market at 3720 West Park Ave. in Pinehurst, ask for Tina Myers.

NO PHONE CALLS. LAWN CARE, ESTABLISHED LAWN CARE CO. HAS OPENING FOR ONE EMPLOYEE WITH WEED-EATING & MOWING EXPERIENCE. MUST BE18+ WITH A VALID DRIVERS LICENSE, NO PROBATION OR PAROLE, STARTS AT $10 PER HR. (409) 5048879. (7/8)

WAYSIDE FLORIST Position available, must be over 21. some creativity, vallid driver’s licences, No Experience Nessesary, some computer skills. Apply only in person at 160 Bland, BC (be-

hind Walgreens) NO PHONE CALLS. GARDNER for Orange home. includes trimming, weed eating, weeding flower beds, all Misc yard work. 1 day a week, year around .

Retired person preferred.

No equip required, dependable transportation. $10.00/ hr to start. PLEASE CALL 886-3410 or 3510089

CDL Driver: $1000.00 SIGN ON BONUS!!!!

Must Have: Class A CDL Driver, Tanker Endorsement, Clean MVR, TWIC card, Must operate forklift, flatbed and bulk tank trailers..paid holidays and ,benefits.

GARAGE SALES JULY 1ST next Wednesday Garage Sale at 920 CONNECTICUT, BC (77611), 7 until Warehouse glaze, Guitar, Lots More!

THURS., 8404 CHAUCER, LC, in Country Squire off Hwy 87 N. (77632), 8 till 1. Telescope, BBQ grill, men’s jeans & suits, housewares, furniture, misc.

Friday July 3 and Saturday July 4, 8 am to 1 pm located at 501507 Hydrangea Ave. Orange. King Headboard, wrought Iron Bed Frame, Queen Bed, Dresser w/ mirror, Desk, Couches, Stuffed Chairs, End Tables, Lamps, Exercise Equipment, kid stuff, Pictures & Frames.

Saturday, July 11th 7am-12:00 at First United Methodist Church, 502 N. 6th Street in Orange. Electronics, jewelry, kitchen and decorative items, etc. All monies go to Church Mission Projects

FIELD WORKERS

NAIL TECH NEEDED

Opportunity to be the only Nail Tech in a busy salon Furnished Pedicure Chair, Nail Table and Private Room

$75.00 per week

Ginger & Co

220 East Roundbunch Rd.

Bridge City, Texas 735-4220

ask for Ginger

3 temp positions; approx 2 months; Job to begin on 8/10/15 through 10/1/15; Duties: Planting of sugarcane by hand; operating farm equipment during the harvesting of sugar cane; farm and field sanitation duties; operation and performing minor repairs and maintenance of farm vehicles and equipment. Able to work in hot, humid weather, bending and stooping to reach ground level crops and able to stand on feet for long periods of time. Once hired, workers may be required to take a random drug test at no cost to worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination. $10.18 per hour; 35 hrs a week; OT varies, not guaranteed. 3 months experienced required in job offered. All work tools provided. Housing and transportation provided to workers who can not reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day; Transportation and subsistence expenses to the worksite will be provided by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract, or earlier, if appropriate; ¾ hours guaranteed in a work day during contract. Employment offered by Charles Guidry Farms located in Erath, LA. Qualified applicants may call employer for interview (337) 364-654-2403 or may apply for this position at their nearest State Workforce located at 304 Pearl

St., Beaumont, TX 77701.

SERVICES

SEWING, HEMMING JEANS Alterations, and custom made items.

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1. Includes the effect of base rate schedules and ongoing riders as well as Rider RCE-4.

2. Includes fuel revenues as well as the effect of base rate schedules and ongoing riders as well as Rider RCE-4.

ETI has proposed that its requested rate change become effective 35 days after the filing of its Application. The proposed effective date is subject to suspension and extension by actions that may be taken by the Commission and other regulatory authorities.

Contact Information Persons with questions or who want more information on this filing may contact Entergy Texas at Entergy Texas, Inc., Attn: Customer Service—2015 Rate Case, 350 Pine Street, Beaumont, Texas 77701, or call 1-800-368-3749 (once you hear: “Welcome to Entergy” select 1, then 5, then 6, then 2, then 2) during normal business hours. A complete copy of this application, including the Rate Filing Package, is available for inspection at the address listed above.

Persons who wish to intervene in or comment upon these proceedings should notify the Public Utility Commission of Texas as soon as possible, as an intervention deadline will be imposed. A request to intervene or for further information should be mailed to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326. Further information may also be obtained by calling the Public Utility Commission at (512) 936-7120 or (888) 782-8477. Hearing- and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the Commission at (512) 9367136. The deadline for intervention in this proceeding is 45 days after the date the application was filed with the Commission. All communications should refer to Docket No. 44704.

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• The Record • Week of Wednesday, July 1, 2015